BlockBanks Crossing, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30529. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Banks Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BANKS-003 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-004 |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BANKS-002 |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Banks Crossing in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks Crossing | $50,000 | The Banks County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from just north of Banks Crossing on Rattle Trap Road and on Denton Drive to the Pinefield Crossroads area northeast of Homer near the intersection of Damascus Road and Murray Road. |
| November 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Banks Crossing | $15,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 MPH moved along a path with a maximum width of 100 yards for 0.50 miles across portions of Banks County. The tornado crossed into Banks County from Jackson County along the I-85 frontage road and continued northeast before ending around the intersection of Highway 441 and East Ridgeway Road where a couple of large business signs were blown out. [11/30/16: Tornado #6, County #2/2, EF1, Banks, 2016:012]. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks Crossing | $10,000 | The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to five buildings in the Tanger Outlet Mall of Banks Crossing. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks Crossing | $1,000 | EM reports tree down at Dodd Rd and Harden Bridge Rd. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks Crossing | $1,000 | The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were blown down in the southeast part of the county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banks Crossing | - | Tree fell on car on hwy 331 across from Hollow Drive. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Banks Crossing | - | Emergency Manager reported that several roads were experiencing issues stemming from several small creeks rising out of their banks, including Chambers Road at GA Highway 59, and Wrights Mill Road near Carlan Road. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4.0 inches of rainfall, with isolated higher amounts to 5.0 inches, occurred in the area over a short period of time. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Banks Crossing | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter-sized hail in the Banks Crossing area of southern Banks county. This thunderstorm cell also impacted extreme northern Jackson county north of Commerce. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Banks Crossing | - | The Banks County Sheriff's Office reported penny to nickel-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Arp | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Maysville | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Homer | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hebron | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Carlan | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Erastus | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q122558453 | 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 1705264. 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.