BlockBurtons Ferry Landing, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millhaven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It lies near Beaufort Island. The Survey maps it on the Burtons Ferry Landing quadrangle.
On record in Burtons Ferry Landing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Georgia Welcome Centerlisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Burtons Ferry Landing quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Burtons Ferry Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 455 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-SCREVEN-006 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Natural | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SCREVEN-015 |
| 28 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SCREVEN-005 |
| 8 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021SCREVEN002 |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millhaven | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Red Bluff Landing | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hiltonia | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Jacksonboro (historical) | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bascom | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Brier Creek Landing | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pfeiffer (historical) | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lewis | 13.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122550659 | 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 331292. 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.