BlockBaxter, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Suches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30572. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Suches quadrangle. It stands 2,129 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Baxter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-002 |
| 4 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UNION013 |
| 23 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 290 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHESTNUT MTN. |
| 22 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2000-FANNIN-078 |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CAMP ROAD FIRE |
| 6 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | POPLAR COVE |
| 27 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MULKEY GAP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddistown | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Suches | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Quebec (historical) | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Sarah | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Youngcane (historical) | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Bunker Hill | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Jones Creek | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Otto (historical) | 7.5 miles | 23 |
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 Baxter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080570 | 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 331107. 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.