BlockCleaton, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30655. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Cleaton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- South Madison Avenue-Pannell Road Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Cleaton (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 478 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON002 |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON003 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pannell | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Whitney | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Alcovy Mountain | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Herndonville | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Walker Park | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Good Hope | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Vernon | 5.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342659. 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.