BlockButts, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Jenkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30442. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Butts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 731 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 52 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 | 170 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JENKINS-009 |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-JENKINS-004 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-JENKINS-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butts in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts | $1,000 | Jenkins emergency dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 23 South in Butts. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts | - | An emergency manager reported trees down near the intersection of Thomas Road and Cypress Creek Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Butts | - | Penny size hail and gusty winds were reported by the public 6 miles southwest of Millen, Georgia. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts | - | A tree and large limbs were knocked down along Lewis Church Rd. off Highway 23. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrift | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Emmalane | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Four Points | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bennetts Landing | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cushingville (historical) | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| South Millen (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Millen | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rogers | 6.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326204. 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.