Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It stands on Dunaway Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
254 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,352 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 111 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/incendiarism | 111 |
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates: 10 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Fred Dukes Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Turner Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Dunaway Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hobbs | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hodges | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Mathews Property | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Merrit Prospect | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Michigan Au Mining Company | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| N.Dockery | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Hickory Farms | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Westfork | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Crowville | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Braswell Corners | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cross Road Farms | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Etta (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hasford Estates | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Windmill Creek | 4.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q122560604 | 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 349795. 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.










