Sunrise, 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 30349. The Survey maps it on the Fairburn quadrangle.

Sunrise within Fulton County

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.

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 Fairburn quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1999 USGS Fairburn quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise between 1992 and 2019, burning about 299 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism	39
Debris and open burning	36
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Smoking	3
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
23 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2002	Debris and open burning	7.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001
4 August 2007	Smoking	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002
14 August 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

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 Sunrise: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ben Hill Div. Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Red Oak Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Scott Development Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Red Oak	1.2 miles	21
Morning Creek Estates	1.5 miles	19
Granada	1.6 miles	19
Park South	1.6 miles	23
Castilian Heights	1.7 miles	23
Melanie Manor	1.7 miles	19
Red Wing Cove	1.8 miles	23
Bench Mark	1.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704581. 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.