BlockGatewood, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Americus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31709. The Survey maps it on the Americus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Americus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Gatewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 729 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 14 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 | 167 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SUMTER013 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SUMTER015 |
| 26 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SUMTER-017 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gatewood: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Dairy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gatewood in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gatewood | $5,000 | The Sumter County Emergency Manager reported a few trees snapped along Charleston Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gatewood | $4,000 | Amateur Radio reported a few trees and a power line down near the intersection of Mask and Brady Rd southeast of Americus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sumter Homes | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Maddox | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Americus | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Parkers (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Northside Homes | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lamar | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Thalean | 6.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331797. 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.