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Wynnmeade, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30269. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Wynnmeade within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Wynnmeade between 1992 and 2019, burning about 381 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COWETA-003
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-COWETA-007
2 August 2002Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FAYETTE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Wynnmeade: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
A.J. Mcelwaney QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Aberdeen0.6 miles9
Woodsmill0.7 miles9
Wisdom Woods1.0 miles9
Peachtree City1.1 miles9
Westpark1.2 miles9
Cobblestone Creek1.2 miles9
Pinegate1.2 miles9
The Cloister1.3 miles9

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 Q122552004The 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 1687982. 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.