BlockBarnett, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Norwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30821. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Barnett between 1992 and 2019, burning about 968 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARREN-013 |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 277 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-004 |
| 23 September 2001 | Smoking | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-TALIAFERRO-003 |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARREN-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnett in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | $100,000 | The Warren County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees and power lines were down throughout the county. Five homes in the county sustained minor damage from downed trees. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnett | $1,000 | The Warren County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down, scattered about the county. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Barnett | - | Report of 1 inch hail at Carl Sanders Hwy and US 278. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cadley | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Thigpen | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Camak | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Norris | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Rock | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Warrenton | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Silvertown | 10.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354464. 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.