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Cascade Hills, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31904. It lies near Clapp Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fortson quadrangle.

Cascade Hills within Muscogee County

On record in Cascade Hills

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

9 surveys from 18 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cascade Hills between 1992 and 2017, burning about 467 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Natural1

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150905-001
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
2 September 1997Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Arson/incendiarism4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2014Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140827-002
23 August 1996Arson/incendiarism27 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cascade Hills: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bussey PitClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer

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
Maridale Estates0.5 miles18
Caroline Park0.5 miles18
Laurel Hills0.6 miles18
Beallwoods0.7 miles18
Innsbrook0.7 miles18
Crescent Ridge0.8 miles18
North Highlands1.0 miles26
Bibb City1.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331337. 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.