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Dietz, 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 lies near Dailey Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Dietz within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

428 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 428 fires within 5 miles of Dietz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 57 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 burning221
Arson/incendiarism57
Equipment and vehicle use52
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Smoking23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-006
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dietz: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Graysville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dietz in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDietz$10,000The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down west of Ringgold along Battlefield Parkway, and near the Baggett Road, Boynton Drive and Akins Road intersections.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDietz$5,000The Catoosa County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down at various locations across the county including Burning Bush Road, Davis Ridge Road, Scruggs road and Lake Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDietz$1,000EM reports power lines down at Pine Grove Rd and Battlefield Pkwy.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDietz$1,000Report of tree in road at Pursley Dr.
March 2017HailDietz-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of half dollars near Ft. Oglethorpe.

Every storm recorded in Catoosa 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
Cinderella Hills0.7 miles28
Dafron0.9 miles28
Old Mill Trace1.0 miles28
Blevins Acre1.0 miles28
Mitchell Acres1.2 miles28
Westside1.5 miles28
Boynton1.6 miles28
Foster Hills2.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353244. 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.