BlockColemans Lake, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Summertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30441. It sits by Franklins Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Colemans Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Colemans Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Colemans Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,942 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 37 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL010 |
| 20 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EMANUEL-015 |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EMANUEL-004 |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EMANUEL-005 |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-BURKE-002 |
| 24 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 9.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EMANUEL-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colemans Lake in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flood | Colemans Lake | $1,000 | The USGS gage on the Ogeechee River at Midville rose to the 6.0 foot flood stage during the evening of May 6th. This caused backup of water and minor flooding on William Swamp Creek, Rocky Creek, and Daniels Creek, upstream from Ogeechee River at Midville. Minor flooding of low lands adjacent to these creeks and streams occurred. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Points | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Stevens Crossing | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Summertown | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Blundale | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Blun | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Canoochee | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Modoc | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Old Dellwood | 11.6 miles | 8 |
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 Colemans Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888686 | 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 331434. 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.