BlockBlume, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gibson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30810. The Survey maps it on the Beall Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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
- 1971 USGS Beall Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Blume between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 158 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN010 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-003 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN008 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GLASCOCK-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blume in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blume | $15,000 | The Glascock County 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blume | $8,000 | The Glascock County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along Highway 102. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchell | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gibson | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Agricola | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Harts | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bastonville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Edgehill | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| David (historical) | 8.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345628. 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.