Boyd Highlands, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Peavine Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
303 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Boyd Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 | 163 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-006 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-007 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CATOOSA-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Boyd Highlands: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Mine No. 1 | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Bennett No.2 Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Graysville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hales Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shofner Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Shofner Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd Highlands in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd Highlands | $150,000 | Widespread tree and structural damage to the Boyd Highlands area just east of I-75. More than two dozen reports of damage were caused by straight-line winds just south of the tornado track. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd Highlands | $25,000 | The Catoosa County Emergency Management Director reported that a large tree had fallen on a home on Stanley Parkway, approximately six miles northwest of Ringgold. Considerable damage was noted to the structure. Pea-sized hail was also observed in the area. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Boyd Highlands | - | The public reported nickel size hail on I-75 near the Tennessee state line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Estates | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| Foster Hills | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| New Liberty | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Indian Springs | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Swanson Mill | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Blevins Acre | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Dafron | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Cinderella Hills | 2.0 miles | 28 |
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 Q122595320 | 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 331218. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













