BlockAlligood, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dexter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31019. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
682 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 682 fires within 5 miles of Alligood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 62 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 | 394 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-LAURENS-031 |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021LAURENS023 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LAURENS-002 |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alligood in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alligood | $8,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported a tree and a few power lines blown down on Eastman. An employee of the Pilot Travel Center near Harlow reported a power line down and the business was without power. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alligood | $3,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from McDaniel Drive in Dexter to Franklin Street in Dublin. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alligood | $2,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported several trees down on Holiday South Drive and Springhaven Road. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | Alligood | - | The Emergency Manager reported McDaniel Drive closed due to water on the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 6 inches of rain fell over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhaven (historical) | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Vincent | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mayberry (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dexter | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Garretta | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rentz | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Harlow | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Musgrove (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562645 | 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 326155. 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.