Southgate, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. The Survey maps it on the Headland quadrangle.
On record in Southgate
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Headland Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2024 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Headland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Southgate between 1998 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140902-001 |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200809-6 |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200802-2 |
| 26 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200726-1 |
| 6 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130605-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Southgate: 8 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbison-Walker Refractories Pit | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headland | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Walden Pond Estates | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Blackwood | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kirklands Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Newville | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Grandberry Crossroads | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Tumbleton | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 7.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147412. 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.




