BlockBedgood, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arabi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31712. The Survey maps it on the Arabi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Arabi quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
271 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Bedgood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,348 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 41 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 | 167 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRISP-009 |
| 25 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRISP-008 |
| 20 September 1995 | 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
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedgood in 2 storm reports between 2014 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) | Bedgood | $10,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that the large tornado that moved across Dougherty, Turner and Wilcox Counties produced damage, mainly downed trees, in the extreme southeast corner of Crisp County along Deep Creek. The main damage path at this time remained in Turner County but was wide enough to extend into this small portion of Crisp County. [01/22/17: Tornado #2, County #1/2, EF1, Crisp-Wilcox, 2017:026]. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedgood | $500 | The public reported a couple of trees down just east of Interstate 75 near Arabi. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabi | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Wenona | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| McKenzie | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hardin | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hatley | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pateville | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Musselwhite | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| East Crisp | 7.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334959. 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.