BlockCedarpark, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McRae-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31055. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Jacksonville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Cedarpark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 67 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 | 223 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-022 |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-020 |
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-019 |
| 28 September 2001 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-TELFAIR-005 |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TELFAIR-009 |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TELFAIR-005 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TELFAIR-007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355069. 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.