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Doublegate, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.

Doublegate within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Doublegate between 1992 and 2018, burning about 371 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning31
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DOUGLAS-001
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DOUGLAS-001
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Doublegate: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Altizer PitClayProducer
Douglas County Clay MineClayProducer
Anders DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnston & Garrett MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Suggs DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Pit and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Chapel Hill0.5 miles17
Rebel Trail0.5 miles17
The Meadows North0.9 miles17
Holland Manor1.3 miles17
Douglas Estates1.3 miles17
Shelby Forest1.4 miles17
Anneewakee1.5 miles17
Carmel Farms1.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686465. 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.