BlockBladen, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Thalmann census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31523. The Survey maps it on the Bladen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Bladen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 522 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 50 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 6.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bladen in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Bladen | $3,000 | The Brunswick News documented a lightning strike that killed 3 cows in the Brookman Community on a farm off of U.S. Highway 82. The cows were congregated around a tree, and the tree was struck by lightning. The lightning current progressed to the cows. Cost of damage was estimated at $1,000/cow. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bladen | - | Highway 99 was shut down from Highway 32 to Highway 32 due to trees blown down across the road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bladen | - | A tree was blown down across the road. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Bladen | - | The EM has visual confirmation of a tornado tracking east along Highway 82 toward Thalmann. A storm survey was later conducted that determined much of the damage was from severe downburst winds near 80 mph or more. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bladen | - | A tree was blown along Highway 99. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bladen | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jamaica | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Coleridge (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Blunt (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Thalmann | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Leicht (historical) | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brookman | 4.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326186. 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.