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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
346 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DOUGHERTY-001 |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DOUGHERTY-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pecan City | $2,000 | Dougherty County S.O. reported downed trees and scattered power outages. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pecan City | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down by downburst winds. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pecan City | - | Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell on the Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pecan City | - | A tree was blown down near 2011 Springflats Road in Dougherty county. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Pecan City | - | The 1900 block of Moultrie Road was flooded and closed due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroms | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eleanor Village | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sandalwood | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mockingbird Estates | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Radium Gardens | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Avert Acres | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Loretta Heights | 3.2 miles | 11 |
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.





