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Highland Park, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31707. The Survey maps it on the Albany West quadrangle.

Highland Park within Dougherty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

345 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 95 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 burning132
Arson/incendiarism95
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Natural3

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dougherty 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
Cherokee Heights0.3 miles13
Avalon0.3 miles13
Clearview0.5 miles13
Gordon Heights0.5 miles13
West Highland0.5 miles13
Avondale0.6 miles13
Wildcross0.7 miles13
Florary0.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671132. 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.