BlockBabcock, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bellview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39837. The Survey maps it on the Boykin 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Boykin quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Babcock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 17 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 | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MILLER-006 |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MILLER-008 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-017 |
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MILLER002 |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Babcock in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Babcock | $100,000 | Several roads and low lying areas were flooded, including portions of State Highway 91 between Colquitt and Cooktown. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Babcock | $10,000 | A tree was blown down onto a mobile home near Highway 27 South. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Babcock | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Babcock Road. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Babcock | - | Water was covering most of Avenue D. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boykin | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholasville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bellview | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Twilight (historical) | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Colquitt | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Floydtown (historical) | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cooktown | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Macedonia | 9.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Babcock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080472 | 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 354425. 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.