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Woodcliffe Estates, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shannon quadrangle.

Woodcliffe Estates within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

419 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Woodcliffe Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 135 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 burning207
Arson/incendiarism135
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-005
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-006
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD003
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Woodcliffe Estates: 24 past producers, 18 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, 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
Rome City Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Armstrong MineAluminumPast Producer
Braden ProspectAluminumProspect
Burney MineAluminumPast Producer
Church MineAluminumPast Producer
Discovery MineAluminumPast Producer
Flowery Branch MineAluminumPast Producer
Grier ProspectAluminumProspect
Hardee MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Berwin0.7 miles19
Dogwood Estates1.6 miles19
Waters Store (historical)2.3 miles19
Lakemoore Heights2.5 miles18
Berkshire Estates2.5 miles18
North Hills2.6 miles18
Sherwood Forest2.7 miles19
Hermitage2.7 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122552766The 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 353942. 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.