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Sagefield, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Buford-Sugar Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle.

Sagefield within Gwinnett County

On record in Sagefield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Sagefield between 1992 and 2018, burning about 379 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-005
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GWINNETT-003
5 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-002

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 Sagefield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Atlantic Steel/ Cartersville, Ga.IronProducer
Friendship QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Level Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer

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
Rest Haven0.8 miles16
Buford1.0 miles20
Pebble Brook1.1 miles15
Northwest Harbor1.7 miles21
Lake Lanier Vista1.8 miles21
Woodbriar East1.8 miles15
Springlake Estates2.1 miles15
Lake Forest2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688349. 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.