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River Ridge, 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 30165. It lies near Horseleg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

River Ridge 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

379 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 379 fires within 5 miles of River Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,401 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 151 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
Arson/incendiarism151
Debris and open burning140
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural9
Smoking8

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
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of River Ridge: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Clay, Manganese. 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
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
UnnamedIronUnknown
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Rome City Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Barnsley MinesAluminumPast Producer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kirkland MineAluminumPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Merry Acres0.2 miles18
River Place0.6 miles18
Horseshoe Bend0.7 miles18
Robealou Acres0.9 miles18
Horseleg Estates1.0 miles18
Castle Cove1.5 miles18
Radio Springs1.5 miles18
Atlanta Junction2.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353846. 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.