Dugdown, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. The Survey maps it on the Benedict quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Benedict quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
805 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 805 fires within 5 miles of Dugdown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,679 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 578 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/incendiarism | 578 |
| Debris and open burning | 161 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-POLK-005 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dugdown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hightower Bank & James Young | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Wray Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dugdown in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dugdown | $8,000 | The Haralson County 911 center reported several trees blown down across the northern part of the county from northwest through northeast of Buchanan. Locations include Monroe Mill Road, 5 Points Road and near the intersection of Floyd Road and Mountain View Road. |
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Dugdown | $3,000 | The Haralson County Emergency Management Director reported that two roads were closed because of flash flooding or small streams and creeks in the area. Beech Creek Bridge and Francis White Road were closed because of flash flooding when the adjacent creek flowed out of its banks. Damage was confined to minor debris removal in the area. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dugdown | $2,000 | A couple of creeks were temporarily out of their banks and caused two roads to be closed due to flooding in a portion of central Haralson 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felton | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Little Creek | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Abernathys Mill | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Latham (historical) | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Poplar Springs | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Steadman | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Buchanan | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tabernacle | 8.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122560909 | 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 331594. 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.







