BlockShawnee Lake Estates, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Douglasville-Lithia Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Slater Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Campbellton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Campbellton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee Lake Estates between 1992 and 2018, burning about 323 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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 burning | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DOUGLAS-001 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DOUGLAS-001 |
| 3 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shawnee Lake Estates: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglasville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithia Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rolling Hills | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Midway Estates | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Midway | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Colonial Estates | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Durelle | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Anneewakee Heights | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Timber Valley | 1.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q122569176 | The 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 1686527. 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.