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Ridgeview Heights, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30134. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nebo quadrangle.

Ridgeview Heights within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeview Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 93 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 burning169
Arson/incendiarism93
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-013
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeview Heights: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel, 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
Choran ProspectMicaProspect
Pine Mt. MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound Disseminated Sulfide
Villa RicaIron-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelOccurrenceStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Villa Rica MineSulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Ridge Corners0.7 miles17
Ash0.7 miles17
South Paulding Woods2.1 miles17
Cottonwood Valley2.1 miles16
Denton Farms2.2 miles17
New Georgia2.2 miles16
Willow Creek2.2 miles16
Bakers Bridge Estates2.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349938. 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.