BlockAcree, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31791. The Survey maps it on the Acree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sylvester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Acree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
361 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Acree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,806 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 61 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 | 242 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acree in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acree | - | Trees were blown down and blocking Spring Flats Road west of County Line Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acree | - | Numerous trees were down southeast of Albany near the Dougherty-Worth County line. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Acree | - | Dime size hail. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avert Acres | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sandalwood | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Powell Place | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Butler Subdivision | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pecan Terrace | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Oakdale | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pecan City | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Eastgate | 4.8 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Acree | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050768 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 310381. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.