BlockCarters, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Chatsworth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. It stands on Willbanks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oakman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Oakman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Carters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,011 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 99 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHICKEN CREEK |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-015 |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-016 |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carters in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2008 | Lightning | Carters | $5,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Carters Lake area. No significant damage was reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carters | $2,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that many trees were down in the Carters Lake area in the far southeast corner of the county. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carters | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Carters Dam Road at Marina Road. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carters | $500 | The Murray county 911 center reported that trees were down on Georgia Highway 136 near the Carters Lake Project in the extreme southeast corner of the county. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Carters | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail on Carter's Lake in the far southeast corner of the county. This was the same thunderstorm that was also producing hail in western Gilmer county. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carters | - | A Skywarn storm spotter reported dime size hail and a few broken tree limbs near the south end of Carters Lake Dam. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodtown | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Coniston | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Wells (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Ball Ground | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ramhurst | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Dennis | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Holley | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Chatsworth | 11.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331332. 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.