BlockBay Branch, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Claxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30417. The Survey maps it on the Deans Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1919 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Deans Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Bay Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,269 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 61 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 | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TATTNALL-016 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EVANS-006 |
| 26 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EVANS003 |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EVANS-006 |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EVANS-006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Deans Crossing | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bellville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Jennie | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hagan | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Claxton | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Daisy | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 9.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345894. 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.