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Sylvan Hills, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30310. It stands on Perkerson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Sylvan Hills within Fulton County

On record in Sylvan Hills

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 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sylvan Hills between 1993 and 2006, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-FULTON SOUTH-002
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 March 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 December 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Forrest Park0.5 miles23
Capitol View0.6 miles23
Fort McPherson0.8 miles23
Knott (historical)1.3 miles23
Cheney (historical)1.7 miles23
Adams Park2.1 miles23
Lakewood Heights2.1 miles23
Roseland2.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333177. 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.