BlockBeverly, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thomasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31792. The Survey maps it on the Thomasville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Thomasville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Thomasville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Beverly (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 732 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-THOMAS-009 |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-THOMAS-001 |
| 21 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Heights | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pebble Hill | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fletcherville | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| McLoughlin Heights | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Thomasville | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lambville (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Newark | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dewey City | 4.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343685. 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.