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Sterling Heights, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30004. It stands on Goswick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roswell quadrangle.

Sterling Heights within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sterling Heights between 1992 and 2016, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-002
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-FORSYTH-001
10 July 2016Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FORSYTH-001
10 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2007Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sterling Heights: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
Ocoee MineCopperPast Producer
Fuller ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Lizzard LopeGoldProspectPlacer
Mason (Gold)GoldProspectPlacer
Seven BranchGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Lake Union Hill0.1 miles22
Wedgewood Forest0.3 miles22
Village Green0.4 miles22
Jamestowne0.5 miles22
Alpharetta0.8 miles22
Country Place0.9 miles22
Surrey Place1.2 miles22
Alpha Park1.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694997. 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.