Lake Park, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31636. The Survey maps it on the Lake Park quadrangle. 932 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Ewell Brown General Storelisted 1997
Population over time
3 figuresLake Park grew from 549 to 932 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 549 | |
| 2010 | 733 | +184 (+34%) |
| 2020 | 932 | +199 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
358 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Lake Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,325 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 104 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 | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 104 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1996 | Smoking | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ECHOLS001 |
| 23 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LOWNDES-009 |
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 Park: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statenville Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Prospect | 1890 |
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Park in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | $50,000 | A portion of Highway 41 was washed out due to flash flooding. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $15,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car on Zeigler Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $15,000 | The public reported minor roof damage as well as several downed trees and power lines. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $10,000 | A tree was blown down onto a home on Oak St. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $10,000 | Part of the roof of a Dairy Queen was blown onto cars in the parking lot in Lake Park. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake Park | $10,000 | An EF-0 tornado touched down near the RV park outside Lake Park. Numerous trees were snapped around the RV park with some minor structural damage observed. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $4,000 | Trees were blown down in the eastern part of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down across Lake Park. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $2,000 | A power line fell on a semi-truck. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $2,000 | The public reported downed trees and a storage shed blown over. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | $500 | One tree was blown down in southeast Lowndes County. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A tree was blown down on the southbound lane of Highway 41 just south of Lake Park. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Flooding was reported at East Marion Ave and Pine Circle in Lake Park. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Flooding was reported on State Highway 7 in both directions at Wisenbaker Road. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Highway 41 was closed at the eastern edge of Lake Park due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A couple of trees were blown down along the side of the road on Highway 41 southeast of Lake Park. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Highway 7 at Wisenbaker Rd was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | US Highway 41 south of Lake Park was closed due to flash flooding from Tropical Storm Elsa. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A tree was blown down in the Lake Park area. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A line was blown down at 501 Ricks Ave. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A line was blown down at Bethel Church Road and J Frank Culpepper Road. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Water was over the roadway about 1 mile south of Lake Park on Highway 41 South. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Lake Park | - | Wisenbacker Road was closed due to water over the roadway. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | Trees were blown down in Lake Park. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 41 between Lake Park and the Florida-Georgia state line. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | Around 12 to 13 trees were reported blown down throughout Lowndes county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A few trees were blown down around Lake Park. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Lake Park | - | A storm total rainfall of 9.67 inches was measured from Tropical Storm Debby. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Lake Park | - | A 72 hour storm total of 9.67 inches from Tropical Storm Debby was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Lake Park | - | Pea to penny sized hail covered the ground around Lake Park from a nearly stationary storm. Hail fell on occasion for around 1 hour. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Park | - | A large tree was blown down on US Highway 41 just south of Lake Park. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Lake Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herring | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Twin Lakes | 1.7 miles | 7 | |
| Melrose | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Dasher | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Newsome | 6.8 miles | 6 | |
| Clyattville | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Briggston | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Old Clyattville | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2615385 | 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 332166. 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.





