BlockCoffee, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rockingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31551. The Survey maps it on the Coffee 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Coffee quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
253 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Coffee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 53 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 | 123 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIERCE003 |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BACON-010 |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BACON-010 |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BACON-014 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coffee in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2015 | Flood | Coffee | $500 | Flooding occurred along Scuffleton Highway just west of the Big Satilla Creek along the Bacon/Pierce county line. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | A tree was blown down on a power line along Desert Rose Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | A large tree was blown down and damaged a semi-truck near the Pierce and Bacon County border. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | A power line was blown down in the SE portion of the county. The time and location were based on radar. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | Power lines damaged caused a small fire along Highway 32 near the Pierce county line. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | Widespread tree damage occurred across the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee | - | Widespread tree damage occurred in eastern Bacon County. A chicken house located at the intersection of Caribou Road and Scuffletown Highway had portions of its tin roof peeled back halfway up the building. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Coffee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28131866 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326223. 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.