BlockBlackwell, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31064. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
210 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Blackwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 590 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 | 138 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-JASPER-002 |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-JASPER-010 |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JASPER-003 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JASPER-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackwell in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Blackwell | - | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of flood waters over Gay Road from Blackwell Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Palato | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Maxwell | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Monticello | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Crossing (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Prospect | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Machen | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331181. 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.