Saddleback Estates, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lawrenceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30045. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Saddleback Estates between 1992 and 2017, burning about 421 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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 burning | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-GWINNETT-001 |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002 |
| 20 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saddleback Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Grayson Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grayson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Alcovy Forest | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Waverly Woods | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Village Gate | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Forest East | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Acadia Woods | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sandlewood | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carmel East | 2.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q122568773 | The 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 1688347. 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.









