BlockArdmore, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31329. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Ardmore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,463 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 57 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 | 145 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-014 |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EFFINGHAM005 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-016 |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-009 |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ardmore in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | $5,000 | Fifteen trees blown down across the northern part of the county. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported 2 trees down on power lines near the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and West Edwards Road, 1 mile north-northwest of Shawnee, Georgia. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Ardmore Oaky Road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | $1,000 | An emergency manager reported an 18 inch diameter oak tree blown down on Wes Edwards Road near Old Dixie Highway. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | $1,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ardmore | - | Broadcast media reported a large limb or top of a tree blown down into a farm field off Highway 21. |
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 331050. 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.