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Shelby Forest, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Little Anneewakee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.

Shelby Forest within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Shelby Forest between 1992 and 2018, burning about 425 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DOUGLAS-001
5 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DOUGLAS-001
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2012Natural4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-DOUGLAS-001
4 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Shelby Forest: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Douglasville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Altizer PitClayProducer
Circle P Ranch Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Douglas County Clay MineClayProducer
Johnston & Garrett MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Holland Manor0.4 miles17
Reynolds Estates0.5 miles17
Ivey Estates0.7 miles17
Anneewakee1.1 miles17
Chapel Hill1.1 miles17
Stewart Woods1.2 miles17
Mill Glen1.3 miles17
Doublegate1.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686528. 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.