BlockBowden, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Stockbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30294. It stands on Corn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Bowden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021HENRY001 |
| 24 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021CLAYTON001 |
| 24 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Pines | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Scarbrough Cross Roads | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Brookfield Woods | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Strawberry Hills | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Panola Woods | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Autumn Chase | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fairfield Glen | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Creek Cove | 1.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671818. 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.