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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.

Saddleback Estates within Gwinnett 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

103 since 1992

Regional 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
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
3 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-GWINNETT-001
19 September 1997Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002
20 August 1993Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dixie Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Grayson Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grayson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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
New Hope1.4 miles18
Alcovy Forest1.7 miles18
Waverly Woods1.9 miles18
Village Gate2.3 miles18
Forest East2.4 miles18
Acadia Woods2.5 miles18
Sandlewood2.5 miles18
Carmel East2.7 miles18

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 Q122568773The 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.