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Laingkat, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Attapulgus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39815. The Survey maps it on the Havana North quadrangle.

Laingkat within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Laingkat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Natural3
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR028
22 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-013
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-012
21 September 2010Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-011
21 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Laingkat: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay. 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
Englehard Corp. - Swisher MineClayProducerAttapulgite, Montmorillonite
Jamieson Fla.ClayPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite
Mccall PitClayProducer
Quincy Fla.ClayPast Producer1895
Donaldson QuarryFullers EarthProducer
Englehart Decatur MineFullers EarthProducer
Gunn Farm MineFullers EarthProducer
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay
Unnamed Clay PitFullers EarthPast Producer
Attapulgus, Ga.Past Producer1895

Every working recorded in Decatur County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laingkat in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008Flash FloodLaingkat$200,000Several roads and low lying areas were flooded, including portions of U.S. Highway 84 near the Decatur-Grady county line, where several cars stalled in high water. A portion of Wautauga Road near Attapulgus was washed out.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindLaingkat$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line resulting in a power outage along Highway 309 near the Gadsden county border.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindLaingkat-Trees were blown down near Highway 241 near the GA-FL border.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLaingkat-Several trees were blown down in southern Decatur county.

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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
Attapulgus2.1 miles12
Amsterdam2.8 miles12
Fowlstown6.5 miles11
Faceville8.4 miles11
Otisco9.3 miles12
Hannatown9.7 miles13
Climax11.2 miles12
Recovery13.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356344. 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.