BlockCharing, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rupert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31058. The Survey maps it on the Rupert 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rupert quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Charing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,646 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 24 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 | 99 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TAYLOR018 |
| 28 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Natural | 64 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MARION011 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-019 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-018 |
| 25 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MARION-016 |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charing in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2005 | Hail | Charing | $5,000 | The Georgia Forestry Commission along with the Taylor County 911 Center reported an extensive swath of large hail across the southern portion of the county, basically from the Marion county line on the west near Charing, across Rupert, to near the Crawford county line on the east near Potterville. Hail ranged in size from quarters to golf balls along the path, including on U.S. Highway 19 near Rupert. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charing | $4,000 | Emergency Manager reported a few trees down along Pole Hill Mill Rd near Taylor County Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charing | $1,000 | The Taylor County 911 center reported trees blown down on Highway 137 near the Schley/Marion County lines. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charing | $1,000 | The Macon Telegraph reported that a large tree fell across Georgia Highway 137 near Charing. Several thousand customers were also left without power across the county. |
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 331372. 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.