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Kings Ridge, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30035. It stands on Barbashela Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.

Kings Ridge within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Kings Ridge between 1993 and 2014, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
12 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-DEKALB-003
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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 Kings Ridge: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Vaughn DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Leslie Estates0.8 miles23
Glen Haven1.2 miles23
Hidden Hills1.9 miles23
Belmont2.1 miles23
Leisure Woods2.3 miles23
Stonecrest2.6 miles23
Snapfinger2.9 miles23
Fairington3.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687388. 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.