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Dogwood 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. The Survey maps it on the Shannon quadrangle.

Dogwood 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

365 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 129 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 burning157
Arson/incendiarism129
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural5
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
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD003
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
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia 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 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood Estates: 13 prospects, 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, 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
Pattillo PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Rome City Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Braden ProspectAluminumProspect
Burney MineAluminumPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect
Freeman ProspectAluminumProspect
J T Waters MineAluminumPast Producer
Kerce ProspectAluminumProspect
Lot 102AluminumProspect

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
Lakemoore Heights0.9 miles18
Berkshire Estates1.0 miles18
Sherwood Forest1.1 miles19
Berwin1.2 miles19
North Hills1.2 miles18
Atteiram Heights1.5 miles18
Fieldwood1.6 miles18
Woodcliffe Estates1.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353613. 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.