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Cedar Ridge, 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 30101. It stands on McEvers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.

Cedar Ridge within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 854 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 96 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/incendiarism96
Debris and open burning88
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural6
Smoking4

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
20 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism141 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Ridge: 22 occurrences, 19 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Georgia MineralsIron, ManganeseUnknown1954
Puckett PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
Pumpkinvine Creek DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pumpkinvine Creek Dredge No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Graphite MineGraphitePast Producer
Woodward ProspectGraphiteProspect
Big Tom MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
No Name-Lot 903 MineManganeseProspect
No Name-Lots 905,906 MinesManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Cedar Crest Plantation0.7 miles24
Allatoona Heights1.0 miles24
Crowville1.1 miles18
Picketts Crossing1.4 miles24
Picketts Plantation1.4 miles24
Picketts Mill1.5 miles24
Picketts Creek1.6 miles18
Cross Road Farms2.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349801. 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.