BlockBack Landing, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brunswick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31520. It stands on Dupree Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East quadrangle.
On record in Back Landing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Windsor Park Historic Districtlisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Glynn Academylisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Colored Memorial School and Risley High Schoollisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Brunswick Old Town Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
United States Post Office and Court Houselisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away- Dixville Historic Districtlisted 2019 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Back Landing between 1992 and 2016, burning about 119 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-001 |
| 4 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Back Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruswick Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glynnvilla | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Brunswick | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| McIntyre Court | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gordon Oaks Homes | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Riverside | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Demere Hammock | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brunswick Villa | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cypress Mills | 2.8 miles | 17 |
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 Q122570278 | 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 331076. 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.