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Saddleback Ridge, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mableton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30168. The Survey maps it on the Mableton quadrangle.

Saddleback Ridge within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Saddleback Ridge between 1992 and 2017, burning about 240 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
16 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb 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 Ridge: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Stamps Mine No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Douglas MineClayProducer
Sandy Creek MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Whisperwoods0.5 miles19
Knox Springs Estates0.5 miles19
Pleasant Acres0.5 miles19
Summit Ridge0.6 miles19
Hembree Hills0.8 miles19
Cherokee Hills0.9 miles19
Flagstone0.9 miles19
Country Manor1.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704830. 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.