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Mountain Ridge Estates, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Emerson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.

Mountain Ridge Estates within Bartow 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Ridge Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,117 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 120 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/incendiarism120
Debris and open burning74
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Smoking3

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
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
26 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 148 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 148 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Ridge Estates: 64 occurrences, 54 past producers, 19 unknowns, 7 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Iron, 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
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Unnamed Graphite MineGraphitePast Producer
Woodward ProspectGraphiteProspect
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Bartow1.7 miles24
Emerson2.0 miles19
Allatoona2.5 miles24
Allatoona Beach2.8 miles24
Iron Hill3.6 miles24
Indian Village3.7 miles24
Homestead Acres4.2 miles24
Conyers Estates4.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569411The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334317. 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.