BlockArarat, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chauncey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31060. The Survey maps it on the Lake Cypress 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
- 1972 USGS Lake Cypress quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
374 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 374 fires within 5 miles of Ararat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 942 acres in total. 14 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 | 227 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DODGE013 |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DODGE-004 |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ararat in 6 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | $20,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines down, unsecured shed collapsed, mobile home on wheeled trailer flipped and destroyed. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | $5,000 | Multiple trees down on property at residence on 600 block of Marion Sheffield Rd. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | $2,000 | Overturned center pivot irrigation system near the intersection of Pete Peterson and Alvin Hardin Rd. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | $2,000 | Two trees down on vehicles at two separate residences on the 700 block of Marion Sheffield Rd. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | $2,000 | Overturned center pivot irrigation system at the intersection of Chauncey Rhine Hwy and Marion Sheffield Rd. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ararat | - | A large tree was reported down on Marion Sheffield Road near the intersection of Sweet Home Church Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCranie | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Calvin | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Chauncey | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Hill | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Godwinsville | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cox (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rhine | 6.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348104. 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.