BlockBurwell, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bowdon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. It stands on Jumpin In Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bowdon East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Bowdon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Burwell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 593 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 57 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 | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CARROLL-007 |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-CARROLL-001 |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Smoking | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CARROLL-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burwell in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | $5,000 | Tree downed onto a vehicle along antioch road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down in the roadway near the intersection of Lambert Ln and Lovvorn Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | $1,000 | Trees and powerlines downed along Buttercup Lane. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | $1,000 | Tree and powerlines downed along W hwy 166 near Adalee Rd. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | $1,000 | The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Lavvorn Road and Burwell Mt Zion Road. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | - | Tree and power line down at Hwy 166 and Antiock church Rd, outside Bowden. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesville | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Luckie (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Farmers High | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bowdon | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Plowshare (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Zion | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Double Branches | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354917. 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.