BlockMisty Ridge, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30327. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Misty Ridge between 1994 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | AKERS MILL |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERSFERY |
| 17 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | PALISADES |
| 29 December 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | INDIAN TRAIL |
| 25 December 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | HO HO |
| 2 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERS |
| 2 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FULTON NORTH-001 |
| 29 January 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COBB-020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seborn | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Glencastle Estates | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Laurel Brook | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Montwicke | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Errol | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Idlewood Vally | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Lake Island Estates | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Powers Lane | 1.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694916. 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.