BlockConcord, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellaville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31806. The Survey maps it on the Ellaville North quadrangle.
On record in Concord
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.
- Woodall-Patton House and Post Officelisted 2002 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ellaville North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,235 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 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 | 103 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-SCHLEY-001 |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-SCHLEY-003 |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MARION-013 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCHLEY002 |
| 15 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021SCHLEY002 |
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 Concord in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $5,000 | The Schley County 911 center reported several trees blown down around Ellaville including one on Concord Church Road and one on Old Highway 19 South as well as several more around the intersection of Highway 153 and Dosier Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $4,000 | The Schley County 911 center reported trees blown down west of Ellaville from around the intersection of Concord Church Road and Highway 26 to around the intersection of Ebenezer Road and Marvin Murphy Road. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Concord | $2,500 | The Schley County Emergency Manager reported golf ball-sized hail in the northwest part of the county along Shiloh Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $2,000 | The Schley County 911 center reported trees blown down in the far northern portion of the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $1,000 | Tree down along Concord Church Rd near Buck Creek. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $1,000 | Along Concord Church Rd near Buck Creek. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Concord | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in extreme northern Schley County. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Concord | - | Schley county 911 reported golfball size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrays Crossroads | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Walls Crossing | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ellaville | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| La Crosse | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bumphead | 12.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355255. 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.