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Dougherty, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Blacks Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. It stands on Palmer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dawsonville quadrangle.

Dougherty within Dawson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Dougherty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 485 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 78 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 burning154
Arson/incendiarism78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4

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
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DAWSON-003
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-004
12 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Dougherty: 14 prospects, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite. 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
Branden PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Whatley PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
AmicalolaGoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Baby Pl.GoldProspectVein, Some Placers
ChurchGoldProspectVein
CooperGoldProspectVein
EllsworthGoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Etowah Gold Mining PropertiesGoldPast Producer
G.E. RussellGoldProspectVein
HammondGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Dawson 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
Lumpkin1.6 miles19
Landrum3.3 miles18
Dawsonville3.9 miles18
Silver City4.3 miles19
Barrettsville5.7 miles22
McKee6.7 miles19
Hubbardsville9.2 miles22
Juno9.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355530. 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.