Dogtown, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32352. The Survey maps it on the Dogtown quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Dogtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Dogtown quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 985 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 burning | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR028 |
| 22 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-013 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-011 |
| 21 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-007 |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dogtown: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englehard Corp. - Swisher Mine | Clay | Producer | Attapulgite, Montmorillonite | |
| Gasden Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hinson Fla. | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jamieson Fla. | Clay | Past Producer | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite | |
| Mccall Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Quincy Fla. | Clay | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Donaldson Quarry | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Englehart Decatur Mine | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Gunn Farm Mine | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Havana Clay Mine | Fullers Earth | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogtown in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogtown | - | A tree was blown down near Attapulgus Highway. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Dogtown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branchville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Jamieson | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hinson | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Freemont | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Attapulgas (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Littman | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Havana | 6.0 miles | 12 |
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 Dogtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17514421 | The 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 295245. 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.






