Lockett Crossing, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31721. The Survey maps it on the Pretoria quadrangle.

Lockett Crossing within Dougherty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Sasser quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1973 USGS Pretoria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Lockett Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 542 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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	94
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Arson/incendiarism	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-DOUGHERTY-003
6 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1997	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Storms near this place

17 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockett Crossing in 17 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$17,000,000	A severe thunderstorm produced a 3 to 4 mile swath of 80 to 85 mph winds across the northern half of Albany proper, causing widespread damage across the city. The NWS damage survey team found hundreds of snapped and/or uprooted trees, minor to moderate roof damage to structures and buildings, and occasional instances of extensive damage to wide-span metal roofs in areas throughout the city. Much of the severe structural damage surveyed was a result of trees falling onto structures and powerlines, especially in the Rawson Circle area, where the roads are canopied by old oak trees. The downed trees across the city were oriented in the same direction. This, along with examination of radar data from the event suggests that the damage was caused by straight line winds. Dougherty county received FEMA aid for this event due to damage cost exceeding the local threshold of $16 million.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$50,000	WALB News 10 reported a large oak tree had blocked Byron Plantation Road and a transformer blew due to high winds near Pine Manor Lane. The article also stated that several residents of Albany sustained thousands of dollars of damage when trees fell on their roofs. Total property damage from the storm was estimated.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$25,000	Two trees fell on a home on the 2800 block of Doublegate Drive. Damage was estimated.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$15,000	A large pine tree fell onto the roof of a house on Dunaway Drive. The tree leveled the kitchen pantry and also damaged part of the garage. Monetary damage was estimated.
September 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$2,000	Wires were blown down near Old Dawson Rd and N Doublegate Dr.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$1,000	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Harvest Lane and Phillips Drive. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	$1,000	A tree was blown down near 2500 East Double Gate. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Gillionville Road and Eight Mile Road.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A tree was blown down along the 4100 block of Gillionville Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A power line was blown down along Old Dawson Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	Trees were blown down at Old Dawson Road and Winifred Road.
September 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	Trees were blown down near Trumpington Ln and W Alberson Dr.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A tree was blown down on Gillionville Road.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	Two large pine trees were blown down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A tree was blown down near 2500 Doublegate Dr.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockett Crossing	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Old Dawson Road and Doublegate Road.
February 2012	Heavy Rain	Lockett Crossing	-	A 24 hour rainfall amount of 3.10 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site GA-DH-2.

Every storm 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brookhollow	0.6 miles	10
Cedar Lake	0.7 miles	10
Indian Creek	0.8 miles	10
Winterwood	1.4 miles	13
Springfield	2.3 miles	10
Southwind	2.4 miles	13
Greenbrier	2.5 miles	13
Gillionville Forest	2.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122552525

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 332252. 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.

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.