BlockGold Ridge, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36263. It stands on Knokes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Newell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Newell quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
86 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Gold Ridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CARROLL003 |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-22 |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200913-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Gold Ridge: 15 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss-Back Mine | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Stone Hill Cu Mine Et Al | Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Stone Hill Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Smith Prospect | Sulfur, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Stone Hill Mine | Sulfur, Copper | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Johnson Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Johnston Prospect | Copper | Unknown | 1874 | |
| Moss-Back Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Smith Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Smith Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156413. 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.