BlockAllie, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. It stands on Parks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Allie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-002 |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MERIWETHER-004 |
| 11 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allie: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allie in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allie | $1,000 | The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that several, six to nine, trees were down five miles north of Greenville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcraft | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Thompson Crossroad | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Primrose | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Greenville | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Marks | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rocky Mount | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Wooster | 6.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331027. 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.
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.