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Kingsridge, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30290. It stands on Trickum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Kingsridge within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Kingsridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 788 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 35 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 burning112
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019FULTON SOUTH001
16 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COWETA-001
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FAYETTE-001
1 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning24 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COWETA-004
21 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-COWETA-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Kingsridge: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
A.J. Mcelwaney QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Briarwood Acres0.5 miles9
Tyrone Acres0.8 miles9
Tyrone1.0 miles9
Caramore1.1 miles9
Graceland1.2 miles9
Stop1.2 miles9
Windsong1.3 miles9
Valleywood Corners1.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687825. 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.