Southgate, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31701. The Survey maps it on the Albany West quadrangle.

Southgate 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.

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 West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Albany West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Southgate between 1992 and 2019, burning about 943 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 79 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	132
Arson/incendiarism	79
Railroad operations and maintenance	44
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Misuse of fire by a minor	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	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
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	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

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 Southgate: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
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

Every working 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
Riverdale	0.5 miles	13
River Road	1.0 miles	13
Sunny Acres	1.3 miles	13
Hotalihuyana (historical)	1.3 miles	13
Colonial Place	1.5 miles	13
Radium Springs	1.5 miles	13
Flintland	1.6 miles	13
Forest Park	1.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671249. 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.