BlockCabin Bluff, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31569. The Survey maps it on the Kingsland NE quadrangle.
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.
- 1918 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingsland NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kingsland NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Kingsland NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Cabin Bluff between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,106 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Natural | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-029 |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-028 |
| 31 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cabin Bluff: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Deposit | Titanium, Zirconium | Prospect | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbine | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Grover View | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Elliotts Bluff | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Harrietts Bluff | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| River Oaks at Harrietts Bluff | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bell View (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Palmas Realas | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| River Cove | 4.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q122552048 | 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 331303. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.