BlockBefore

Shannon Chase, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fairburn-Union City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30213. The Survey maps it on the Fairburn quadrangle.

Shannon Chase within Fulton County

On record in Shannon Chase

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Shannon Chase between 1992 and 2019, burning about 556 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 45 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism45
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH003
20 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019FULTON SOUTH001
16 September 2019Natural27 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH002
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FULTON SOUTH-001
2 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shannon Chase: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scott Development QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairburn0.7 miles19
Fireside1.3 miles19
Wellington2.0 miles19
Shannon Villas2.0 miles19
Union City2.1 miles19
Shannon Glen2.2 miles19
Rosegate Manor2.4 miles19
Brandon Hill2.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122570612The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704566. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.