Springlake Estates, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dacula-Rocky Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30519. The Survey maps it on the Hog Mountain quadrangle.

Springlake Estates within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hog Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Hog Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Springlake Estates between 1992 and 2018, burning about 501 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 burning	60
Arson/incendiarism	45
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Smoking	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	4

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
30 September 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	6.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-HALL-005
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	16 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2002	Natural	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-GWINNETT-003
11 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett 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 Springlake Estates: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Friendship Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pebble Brook	1.1 miles	15
Woodbriar East	1.2 miles	15
Myrdell Estates	1.4 miles	15
Rest Haven	1.8 miles	16
Rock Creek Estates	1.8 miles	15
Sagefield	2.1 miles	16
Buford	2.2 miles	20
Gravel Springs	2.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688379. 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.