BlockBickley, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dixie Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31552. The Survey maps it on the Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Bickley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,198 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 17 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 | 108 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARE-010 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COFFEE-015 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE011 |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bickley in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bickley | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bickley | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines over the northern sections of the county. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bickley | - | A tree was blown down onto a mobile home and severely dented the roof at 8501 Carter Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bickley | - | A tree was blown down onto a power line on Horntree Road. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bickley | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail off of Bickley Road. It hailed for 30 to 40 minutes. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Bickley | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bickley | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Bickley | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Bickley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4903675 | 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 311288. 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.