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Westover, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chamblee-Doraville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30338. The Survey maps it on the Chamblee quadrangle.

Westover within DeKalb County

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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Westover between 1993 and 2016, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
15 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 1996Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 1999Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Westover: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Roswell MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
North Peachtree Woods0.5 miles21
Peachtree0.5 miles21
Windhaven0.5 miles21
Shenandoah0.6 miles21
Meadowlake0.6 miles21
Littlebrooke Farm0.7 miles21
Sara Lake Estates0.7 miles21
Village North0.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687509. 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.