Houston Lake, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. It stands on Donelson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Perry East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Perry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Perry East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
390 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Houston Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,152 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 52 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 | 194 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HOUSTON-006 |
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 Houston Lake: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Road Quarry | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Kathleen Quarry | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houston Lake in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | $4,000 | Several reports of trees blown down from the Lake Joy and Houston Lake area to Bob White Road in Kathleen were received from the broadcast media. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | $2,000 | Trees and powerline reported down near the intersection of Lake Joy Rd and N. Lake Srive. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | $2,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree and powerlines down along Raven Ave. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | $1,000 | Tree down on 800 block of Hawks Nest Dr. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | $1,000 | Report of a tree down onto power lines on Lake Joy Rd. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Houston Lake | - | Report of Ping-Pong sized hail near the intersection of Langston Rd and Lake Joy Rd. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Houston Lake | - | Report of 1 inch hail on Kendall Ct. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston Lake | - | Tree and powerlines down near intersection of Bear Branch Rd and Ivory Dr. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Houston Lake | - | Amateur radio operators relayed a report of nickel sized hail lasting for four minutes in central Houston County. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Houston Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Lake Woods | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| The Heather on Houston Lake | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wildwood Estates | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beaver Creek | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fox Ridge Estates | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Willow Run | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| South Pointe | 2.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332033. 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.







