Sardum, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30012. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sardum within Rockdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Sardum (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 541 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism	56
Debris and open burning	45
Misuse of fire by a minor	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Recreation and ceremony	15
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Smoking	8
Natural	8

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
8 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-DEKALB-001
20 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sardum (historical): 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lithonia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Pine Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rock Chapel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fowler's Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Pine Mountain Quarry	Granite	Producer
Pine Mountain Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Reagin Quarry	Granite	Producer

Every working recorded in Rockdale 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Zingara	2.1 miles	20
McElroys Mill	2.2 miles	16
Lake Capri	3.3 miles	21
Lakeview Estates	3.3 miles	21
Hi Roc Shores	3.5 miles	20
Milstead	4.6 miles	20
Princeton (historical)	5.1 miles	20
Conyers	5.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357597. 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.