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Riversong, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30350. It stands on Ball Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chamblee quadrangle.

Riversong within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Riversong between 1993 and 2016, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
13 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1996Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
30 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 May 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 1996Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Riversong: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Roswell MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fuller ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Lizzard LopeGoldProspectPlacer
Mason (Gold)GoldProspectPlacer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Seven BranchGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Rivergate0.4 miles21
Spalding Hills0.5 miles21
Saint Andrews0.9 miles21
Lake Villas0.9 miles21
Deerfield1.2 miles21
Horseshoe Bend1.3 miles21
River Bluff1.5 miles21
Newtown3.5 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557071The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694965. 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.