Doogan, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30708. It stands on Jigger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tennga quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cuhutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Doogan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,056 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MURRAY-005 |
| 3 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RICE CAMP TRAIL |
| 4 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HORSESHOE BEND |
| 27 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MURRAY-018 |
| 27 June 2012 | Natural | 400 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MURRAY-019 |
| 22 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JACKS RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Doogan: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Property | Manganese, Iron | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Powell Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Doogan Mt. Distr. | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| F.M.Powell Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Miller Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doogan in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doogan | - | Mesonet station cohg1 4 n conasauga lake . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaculsy | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Cisco | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Tennga | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Temple Grove | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gregory | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Crandall | 8.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q122555853 | 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 334532. 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.














