BlockColima, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Redbud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30734. The Survey maps it on the Oakman quadrangle.
On record in Colima
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.
Freeman-Hurt Houselisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Oakman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Colima between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,403 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 98 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 98 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHICKEN CREEK |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-015 |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-016 |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colima in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colima | $5,000 | Emergency Manager reported power lines and trees down on the 1600 block of Highway 411. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colima | $3,000 | The Gordon County 911 center reported trees blown down around the intersection of Highway 411 and Pack Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colima | $1,000 | The Gordon County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down on roads including Highway 411 and Highway 53 in the eastern portion of the county. |
| March 2021 | Debris Flow | Colima | - | The transportation department reported mud, rock and tree limbs covering all lanes of Georgia Highway 61 at Red Bud Road. High water conditions from Lick Creek caused a debris flow to impact the area. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the debris flow and flash flooding on Lick Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakman | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wheeler (historical) | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ranger | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Petersburg | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Igo (historical) | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bobo | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Buff (historical) | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Coosawattee (historical) | 5.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326226. 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.