BlockPiedmont Heights, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30240. It stands on Veasey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanett North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lanett North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 736 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20130909-001 |
| 4 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TROUP001 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TROUP-004 |
| 15 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Piedmont Heights: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | 1977 | |
| Word Prospect | Beryllium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowder (historical) | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rosamond | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rivercrest | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| River Trace | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Timber Ridge | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Heritage Hills | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tyler Estates | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Colony Heights | 4.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326468. 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.