BlockBroadhurst, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31546. The Survey maps it on the McKinnon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mc Kinnon quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Mc Kinnon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Broadhurst between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,664 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 46 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-015 |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-016 |
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 60 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadhurst in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadhurst | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadhurst | - | A large tree was blown down at Broadhurst Road and Highway 301. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadhurst | - | A tree was blown down along Broadhurst Road. The time was based on radar imagery. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Broadhurst | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Broadhurst | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Broadhurst | - | 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.
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 Q122588653 | 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 331239. 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.