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Pecan City, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31705. The Survey maps it on the Albany East quadrangle.

Pecan City within Dougherty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Pecan City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,842 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism52
Railroad operations and maintenance40
Equipment and vehicle use36
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3

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
7 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DOUGHERTY-001
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DOUGHERTY-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pecan City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dougherty County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pecan City in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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
September 1999Thunderstorm WindPecan City$2,000Dougherty County S.O. reported downed trees and scattered power outages.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPecan City$1,000Two trees were blown down by downburst winds. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2023HailPecan City-Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell on the Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPecan City-A tree was blown down near 2011 Springflats Road in Dougherty county.
December 2016FloodPecan City-The 1900 block of Moultrie Road was flooded and closed due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stroms2.2 miles12
Williamsburg2.7 miles11
Eleanor Village2.9 miles12
Sandalwood3.0 miles12
Mockingbird Estates3.0 miles13
Radium Gardens3.1 miles13
Avert Acres3.1 miles12
Loretta Heights3.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332630. 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.