BlockWillow Wind, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. The Survey maps it on the Loganville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Loganville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Willow Wind between 1992 and 2018, burning about 433 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 32 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019GWINNETT001 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-004 |
| 2 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002 |
| 24 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willow Wind: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grayson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Acres | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Carlton | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Compton Woods | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Grayson | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Summit Chase | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Hope | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Rose Garden | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Graystone | 4.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q122542958 | The 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 1688430. 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.