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Stroms, 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.

Stroms 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

355 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Stroms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,410 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 82 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 burning149
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use41
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Natural7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.3 acresGeorgia 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

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 Stroms: 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

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
Eleanor Village0.7 miles12
Tompkins Village1.5 miles12
Sandalwood1.6 miles12
Dosaga1.6 miles12
Butler Subdivision1.7 miles12
Avert Acres1.7 miles12
Brierwood1.8 miles12
Radium Gardens1.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671254. 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.