BlockAvants, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alamo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31037. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1970 USGS Scotland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
554 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 554 fires within 5 miles of Avants between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,064 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 87 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 | 305 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 74 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-015 |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Avants: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clegg Mine Jl Clegg Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flanders Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holland Asphalt Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avants in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avants | $5,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported that at least a dozen trees were knocked down countywide. A few of those fell on power lines causing short outages. One tree impacted a porch with only minor damage. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Avants | $5,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Management Director reported that several dirt roads across the county were washed out from heavy rain. Minor flooding was also observed to fields and woodlands near streams and creeks. Over six inches of rain fell in parts of the county over a 3-day period. This was on top of saturated soils from prior weeks of above normal rainfall. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Avants | $3,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. Two dirt roads, one near Higgston and another near Alston, were closed because of high water. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avants | $2,000 | Employees at the Little Ocmulgee State Park reported that a few trees were blown down on the golf course. A porch also had its roof blown off. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Avants | - | An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph touched down to the|NW of the town of Alamo north of Blue Jay Road snapping a few|small trees. The storm continued east southeast crossing Little|Rock Rd snapping trees a few trees. The storm crossed mostly|swamp/lowland area before crossing North Broad St on the north|side of Alamo snapping and uprooting a few trees. When the|tornado entered the town of Alamo, EF0 damage was observed to a|small outbuilding where a wall had collapsed, a canopy on a|former service station had been damaged, a free standing light|pole had been downed, glass broken out of a small retail store|and a few fences blown down. The tornado dissipated as the|overall storm weakened once it moved through the small town of|Alamo. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avants | - | The Little Ocmulgee State Park RAWS located at the Telfair-Wheeler County Airport reported a wind gust of 55 MPH. |
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.
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 Q122597622 | 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 331068. 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.