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Westridge, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Powder Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30127. It stands on Powder Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austell quadrangle.

Westridge within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Westridge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 278 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PAULDING-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Westridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lithia Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Pine Oaks0.3 miles20
Bannister Acres0.3 miles20
Wasilla Estates0.8 miles20
Springbrook0.8 miles20
Deerbrook Estates0.8 miles20
Cumberland Forest0.9 miles20
Mann Manor1.1 miles20
Steeplechase1.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686395. 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.