BlockNew Georgia, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35540. It stands on Boone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Addison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of New Georgia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,748 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-A |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-B |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-F |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-C |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 2 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 3 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 1 |
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | National Forests in Alabama | UPSHAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160230. 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.