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Radium Springs, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31705. The Survey maps it on the Albany West quadrangle.

Radium Springs 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

354 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Radium Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 945 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 84 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism84
Railroad operations and maintenance47
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.3 acresGeorgia 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

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 Radium Springs: 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

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Radium Springs in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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
April 2017Thunderstorm WindRadium Springs$2,000A boat was flipped at the marine dealer on Radium Springs Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRadium Springs$1,000Trees were blown down on Radium Springs Road and Mockingbird Lane.
February 2024Flash FloodRadium Springs-The 1000 block of Liberty Expressway was flooded near Holly Drive.
July 2021Flash FloodRadium Springs-Flooding was reported at the 2500 block of Bettys Drive.
July 2021Flash FloodRadium Springs-Flooding was reported at the 400 block of Redbud.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRadium Springs-Trees and power lines were blown down at Holly Dr and Radium Springs Road.
June 2014HailRadium Springs-A business along Highway 19 reported quarter size hail and strong winds.
January 2012HailRadium Springs-Hail of at least quarter size was estimated at the Flash Foods store at 624 Holly Drive sometime between 7 and 710 pm EST.

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
Hotalihuyana (historical)0.2 miles13
Radium Gardens0.7 miles13
Garden Hill0.7 miles13
Mockingbird Estates1.1 miles13
Sunny Acres1.4 miles13
Flintland1.4 miles13
Riverdale1.5 miles13
Malone1.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332780. 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.