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Wildwood, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30757. It stands on Wauhatchie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle. 382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.

Wildwood within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

475 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,304 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 172 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 burning185
Arson/incendiarism172
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural3
Other causes1

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 2016Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-009
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-011
27 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE007
25 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance5.2 acresTennessee Division of ForestryCSX WATER TANK RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Aluminum. 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
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
D. Martin's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.T. Algoods PropertyIronPast Producer
Stoner-Caldwell PropertyIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wildwood in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Flash FloodWildwood$800,000A USGS stream gauge on the Lookout Creek at Creek Road or around 2 miles southeast New England reached a stage height of 16.7 feet. Significant flooding occurred when several small buildings near a hang gliding recreation park began to flood. Several roads in Dade county were closed including Sells Lane...Mason Road...and Creek Road. The water was several feet deep on portions of these roads.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindWildwood$250,000The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported that strong straight-line winds caused considerable damage between Trenton and Wildwoon. One home lost part of its roof and a number of trees were also blown down on the property. Four other structures were damaged along Hales Gap Road and near the Slygo Gap exit on Interstate-59. One home was completely lifted off its foundation by the strong winds. In addition, the steeple was blown off a church in the area. Several trees were also down in the region.
December 2015Flash FloodWildwood$35,000A USGS stream gauge on the Lookout Creek at Creek Road or 2 miles southeast of New England reached a stage height of 15 feet. Minor flooding continued to expand along Sells Lane in Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek Road near New England. These roads and other roads with creeks flowing into Lookout Creek were flooded with road closures. The water was a few feet deep on portions of these roads with erosion damage.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindWildwood$25,000The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds blew siding off a home, a trestle off a barn, and at least 14 trees down across the county.
May 2013Flash FloodWildwood$10,000The USGS stream gage on Lookout Creek at Creek Road near New England and Trenton reached flood stage of 12 feet. The creek crest at 16.7 feet. Significant flooding occurred near the moderate flood stage of 17 feet with several road closures.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWildwood$3,000The Dade county 911 center reported that several trees were down from the Dade/Walker county border near Lookout Mountain to Trenton.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWildwood$2,000The Dade county 911 center reported that some trees were down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWildwood$1,500Law enforcement reported several trees were blown down in the Wildwood area.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWildwood$1,000Tree down along the 900 block of Pope Creed Rd.
May 2003HailWildwood-The Dade county Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
May 2002HailWildwood-The Dade county 911 center reported dime size hail.
May 1995HailWildwood-,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds Thunderstorm winds ripped a roof off a mobile home, as well as the underpinnings. Numerous large trees were also knocked down throughout the area. Golf ball-size hail was sited by one of the mobile home occupants when running for cover.
June 1999HailWildwood-no account filed
June 1999HailWildwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Hooker1.6 miles26
West Brow2.8 miles26
Morganville2.9 miles26
New England5.2 miles26
Trenton8.2 miles23
Cole City8.4 miles25
Avans8.9 miles25
Gass10.0 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WildwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473278The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333427. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.