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Ridgedale, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30173. It lies near Booze Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

Ridgedale within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

490 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 490 fires within 5 miles of Ridgedale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,729 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 158 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 burning210
Arson/incendiarism158
Equipment and vehicle use40
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism27 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Ridgedale: 24 prospects, 24 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
Hillyer PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer
Warrick Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Asbury MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Ridgewood Estates0.5 miles18
Boozeville0.6 miles18
Silver Creek0.8 miles18
Silvermont0.9 miles18
Lindale1.5 miles18
Six Mile2.3 miles18
Reeseburg2.4 miles18
Forrest Heights2.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353843. 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.