South Gate, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

South Gate within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
1973 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of South Gate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 49 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	93
Arson/incendiarism	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Natural	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CARROLL-006
28 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CARROLL-007
17 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 South Gate: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
	(Facility) Carrollton Copper Smelter	Copper	Plant
	Stacy Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Chapel Heights Estates	0.5 miles	16
Oak Grove	1.7 miles	16
Cedarwood	1.8 miles	16
Oak Mountain	2.4 miles	16
Carrollton	2.7 miles	16
Clem	2.7 miles	16
Briarwood Estates	2.8 miles	16
Lamplighter Square	3.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349729. 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.