BlockColon, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fargo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31631. The Survey maps it on the Colon 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Colon quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Colon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Colon between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,869 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 68 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CLINCH-001 |
| 9 July 1994 | Natural | 31 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colon in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2008 | Hail | Colon | - | Golf ball size hail was reported north of Fargo. |
| October 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Colon | - | A spotter reported a tornado north of Fargo. The circulation tracked east and snapped tree tops. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vickers Crossing | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ernest | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fargo | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Williamsburg | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Edith | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Magnolia | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Council | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Chauncey | 11.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326227. 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.