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Sugar Ridge, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 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 Suwanee quadrangle.

Sugar Ridge within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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 Sugar Ridge between 1992 and 2016, burning about 276 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-003
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-005
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GWINNETT-003
23 July 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Ridge: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mica, Iron. 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
Hansard ProspectMicaProspect
Chattahoochee River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Level Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Settles PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Shakerag MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Hickory Hills1.2 miles20
Sugar Hill1.2 miles20
North Pointe1.3 miles20
Carrols Crossing1.9 miles20
Level Creek1.9 miles20
Frontier Forest2.1 miles20
Abbey Hill2.4 miles20
Old Suwanee Estates2.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688389. 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.