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Dogwood Circle, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Stanfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the LaFayette quadrangle.

Dogwood Circle within Walker County

On record in Dogwood Circle

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

400 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood Circle between 1992 and 2019, burning about 752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 118 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 burning237
Arson/incendiarism118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Natural3
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 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood Circle: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Wilmer Frye ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Boss Tripoli MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Horine Development Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
McLamore's Cove Area-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
McLamore's Cove Area-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge Area-CIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Winwood Forest0.5 miles25
Linwood0.6 miles25
Meadowview0.7 miles25
Oak Park1.0 miles25
LaFayette1.1 miles25
Fairview Heights1.4 miles25
Skyline Heights1.7 miles25
Warrens (historical)2.3 miles26

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 Q122539040The 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 354020. 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.