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White City, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Winston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30134. It lies near Cedar Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.

White City within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 540 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 55 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 burning76
Arson/incendiarism55
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PAULDING-007
24 August 2007Natural5.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White City: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Douglasville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No Name, Lot 77 2nd Dist.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Pine Mt. MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound Disseminated Sulfide

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Winston1.2 miles17
Blain Woods1.3 miles17
Coronado Forest1.4 miles17
Gregory Heights1.5 miles17
Cowan Mill Estates1.5 miles17
Executive Heights1.7 miles17
Audubon Forest1.8 miles17
Bright Star2.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326587. 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.