BlockBrowning, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31001. The Survey maps it on the Abbeville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Abbeville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
272 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Browning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,676 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 20 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 | 173 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILCOX-008 |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILCOX-009 |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Browning in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 3 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | $5,000 | The Wilcox County 911 center reported several trees blown down near the intersection of American Legion Road and Highway 129 south of Abbeville. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | $5,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees were down on a home under construction. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | Two trees down which broke powerlines at Hwy 129 S and Lebanon rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statham Shoals | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Forest Glen | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sibbie | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Abbeville | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Kramer | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Owensboro | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rochelle | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pitts | 14.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Browning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080596 | 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 354873. 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.