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Powder Ridge, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Powder Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30127. The Survey maps it on the Austell quadrangle.

Powder Ridge within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Powder Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 397 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 66 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2

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 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PAULDING-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb 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 Powder Ridge: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. 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
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Petty ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Forest Glen0.6 miles20
Georgian Heights1.0 miles20
Mann Manor1.0 miles20
West Springs1.2 miles20
Powder Springs Chase1.2 miles20
Paris Manor1.3 miles20
Deerbrook Estates1.3 miles20
Cumberland Forest1.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686026. 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.