BlockBill Davis, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sardis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30456. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Bill Davis
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sapp Plantationlisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Millen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sardis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Bill Davis (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 42 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BURKE-002 |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BURKE007 |
| 30 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-BURKE-005 |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BURKE-020 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-JENKINS-001 |
| 4 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-BURKE-010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Old Sardis | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alexander | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Murray Hill | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Girard | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Asbury (historical) | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Telfair Woods | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Old Church | 7.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334809. 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.