BlockCenterpoint, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31824. The Survey maps it on the Parrott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Parrott quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Centerpoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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 | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WEBSTER-002 |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WEBSTER-003 |
| 2 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-WEBSTER-001 |
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerpoint in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerpoint | $20,000 | The Webster County Emergency Manager and the county 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Highway 41 and Center Point Road south of Preston to Wilson Pond Road north of Preston. There was damage to metal outbuildings and shingles blown off of several houses northwest of Preston. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Centerpoint | $5,000 | The Webster County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail around the Centerpointe community. There were reports that a number of cars in the area sustained damage from the hail. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerpoint | $3,000 | The Webster County Emergency Management Director reported that eight to nine trees were down in the area. Two power lines were also down as a result. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerpoint | $1,000 | The Webster County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on East Center Point Road. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Centerpoint | - | The Webster County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
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 326214. 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.