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Lakeside, 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 31701. It stands on Kinchafoonee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albany West quadrangle.

Lakeside 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

399 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 399 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 903 acres in total. 7 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 burning173
Arson/incendiarism95
Misuse of fire by a minor59
Equipment and vehicle use30
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DOUGHERTY-001
6 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lakeside: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Oxford MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Northend Addition0.8 miles13
Harmon Heights0.9 miles13
Palmyra Acres1.0 miles13
Northside1.2 miles13
Rawson Park1.3 miles13
Fulford Heights1.3 miles13
Hinds1.5 miles13
Whispering Pines1.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671151. 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.