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North Ridge, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30240. It stands on Dixie Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.

North Ridge within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of North Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 515 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 burning79
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TROUP-003
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TROUP-002
9 July 1996Debris and open burning6.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup 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 North Ridge: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Arsenic, Lead. 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
H Amason ProspectArsenic, LeadProspectUnderground
Crosby ProspectMicaProspect
Davis ProspectMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Troup 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
Ashling Place0.2 miles12
Sunny Point0.3 miles12
Holly Hill0.4 miles12
Moss Creek0.6 miles12
Waterford Place0.7 miles12
Cameron Cove0.9 miles12
Sassafrass Hills1.0 miles12
Creek Ridge1.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673252. 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.