Bascom, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiltonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on McDonald Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania North quadrangle.
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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sylvania North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Bascom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,232 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 35 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 | 184 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN007 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN005 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN002 |
| 29 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-SCREVEN-006 |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bascom in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | $1,000 | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down on Burton's Ferry Highway near Lawton Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 301 and Highway 24. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | - | Screven County 911 dispatch reported a tree down at Beaver Dam Road and Rolling Road. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a power line along Highway 24. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Hiltonia-Perkins Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascom | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 24 a few miles from Blue Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonboro (historical) | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lewis | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hiltonia | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Red Bluff Landing | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Waters | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvania | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Millhaven | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Zeigler | 6.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326169. 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.









