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Yellow River, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30047. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Yellow River within Gwinnett County

On record in Yellow River

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

11 surveys from 22 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Yellow River (historical) between 1992 and 2007, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GWINNETT-005
2 August 1995Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett 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
Rivermist0.7 miles22
Cedar Creek0.9 miles22
River Oak1.2 miles21
Five Forks1.5 miles21
Country Square1.7 miles22
Stonemont1.9 miles22
Rainbow Estates2.3 miles22
Luxomni2.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705015. 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.