BlockBarrons Lane, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Marshallville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31057. The Survey maps it on the Marshallville SW quadrangle. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Marshallville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Barrons Lane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 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 | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-010 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-008 |
| 2 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-005 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MACON002 |
| 8 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MACON-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barrons Lane in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Barrons Lane | $30,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards began southwest of Marshallville near Highway 49 in Macon County and travelled east-northeast for around 9 miles crossing Felton Road, BP Turner Road, Marshallville Road and Harbuck Road before ending along Camp John Hope Road just west of the Peach County line. Mostly tree damage was noted with this tornado, however minor roof damage occurred to a few homes and three large irrigation systems were overturned south of Marshallville. [01/21/17: Tornado #10, County #1/1, EF1, Macon, 2017:011]. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrons Lane | $3,000 | The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees and several power lines were blown down along Highways 49 and 224. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowes Crossing | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Four Points | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Winchester | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Montezuma | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Spalding | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oglethorpe | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Travelers Rest | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fields | 6.5 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 Barrons Lane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28956980 | 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 331098. 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.