Lake City, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Forest Park-Morrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30260. It stands on Angel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle. 2,952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLake City grew from 2,612 to 2,952 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,612 | |
| 2020 | 2,952 | +340 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Lake City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLAYTON-002 |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLAYTON-001 |
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021CLAYTON001 |
| 1 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Lake City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $1,000 | The 911 Center reported power lines down along Pinedale Drive. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $250 | The Lake City Police reported that one tree was blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Multiple reports of trees down in the north Forest Park area. Two on houses and three on roads and or utility lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Park | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Haven Park | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| University Estates | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Carol Woods | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ridgewood | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Morrow | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Springfield | 1.7 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lake City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2692691 | 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 332165. 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.









