BlockBartlett, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Oglethorpe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31068. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Bartlett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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 | 130 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON005 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-002 |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bartlett in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett | $6,000 | The Macon County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down across the county including on Jake Smith Road, at the intersection of Highways 127 and 128, and on Bryant Hill Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett | $4,000 | An amateur radio operator reported trees blown down northwest and west of Oglethorpe, including around the intersection of Highway 90 and Loblolly Road. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett | $3,000 | The Macon County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from Whitewater Creek State Park to Oglethorpe. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett | $750 | The Macon County Emergency Manager reported three trees were blown down along Highway 90 between Bartlett and Oglethorpe. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartlett | - | Structures damaged at the Tyson Feed Mill in addition to multiple trees and powerlines downed. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Bartlett | - | An EF1 tornado first touched down south of Ideal in the |Fountainville community in Macon County. Numerous trees were |snapped and uprooted along county road 240 near the Buck Creek |Bridge. The tornado continued tracking northeast following Buck |Creek in a heavily wooded region before crossing GA Hwy 90 at a |Tyson Plant. Minor damage occurred in and around the plant as well|as to a nearby mobile home. Trees were also snapped and uprooted |on both sides of Hwy 90. The tornado continued NE crossing county |Road 56 snapping trees before reaching Whitewater State park where|both ground survey and radar confirm it likely reached maximum |intensity. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as it crossed |Hwy 128. Several buildings at the park also sustained damage. The |tornado continued NE crossing the Flint River and heavily wooded |areas before crossing Hwy 49 snapping a few trees and beginning to|weaken. The storm continued NE crossing mostly farm fields |crossing county Road 227 and eventually Perkins Farm Road where a |small outbuilding was destroyed. The tornado lifted shortly |thereafter near Hwy 224. [4/5/22: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-1, Macon, 2022:007]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fountainville | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Ideal | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Montezuma | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cutoff | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Travelers Rest | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Four Points | 6.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331102. 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.