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Sherwood Forest, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Forest Park-Morrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30236. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Sherwood Forest within Clayton County

On record in Sherwood Forest

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 1 record

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 21 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Forest between 1992 and 2016, burning about 297 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-002
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-001
14 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CLAYTON-004
7 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CLAYTON-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sherwood Forest: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Forest Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clayton County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherwood Forest in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2020Flash FloodSherwood Forest$20,000The Emergency Manager reported flood waters inundated apartments in the 1600 block of Battle Creek Village. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSherwood Forest$1,000Report of a large tree down on a home near the intersection of pine st and johnson rd. north of jonesboro, ga.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindSherwood Forest-Tree and powerlines down along Old Morrow Rd south of Battle Creek Rd.
June 2019Flash FloodSherwood Forest-A local official reported a portion of Mt. Zion Road near Mt. Zion Circle was flooded. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 6.5 inches of rain occurred over the area in a short period of time.

Every storm recorded in Clayton 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
Wilkshire Estates0.3 miles21
Cordova0.8 miles21
Edgemoor Manor0.8 miles21
Camelot0.8 miles21
Mockingbird Hill1.1 miles21
Park Forest1.3 miles21
Holiday Hills1.4 miles21
Green Valley Estates1.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672568. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.