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Vel Manor, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mableton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30126. It stands on Nickajack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mableton quadrangle.

Vel Manor within Cobb County

On record in Vel Manor

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 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Vel Manor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
26 July 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2019Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH001
16 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 May 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vel Manor: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Sandy Creek MineClayProducer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stamps Mine No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Brookside Village0.5 miles19
Johnstons Crossing0.6 miles19
Pebblebrook Estates0.8 miles19
Blackhawk Hills0.9 miles19
Ivey Terrace1.3 miles19
Oakdale1.3 miles24
Castlewood Estates1.6 miles19
Queens Lake Estates1.8 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559939The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704854. 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.