BlockBlun, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Summertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30401. The Survey maps it on the Summertown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Summertown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Blun between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,571 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 31 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 | 143 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL009 |
| 11 September 2010 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EMANUEL-011 |
| 30 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019EMANUEL001 |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-EMANUEL-006 |
| 27 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-EMANUEL-003 |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EMANUEL-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modoc | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Summertown | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Old Dellwood | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dellwood | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Stevens Crossing | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Blundale | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Three Points | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Canoochee | 6.6 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597023 | 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 326189. 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.