BlockCopeland, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rhine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31077. The Survey maps it on the Rhine 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
- 1977 USGS Rhine quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Copeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,176 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 19 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 | 182 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DODGE-016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Copeland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copeland in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Copeland | - | Continuation from Wilcox County -- Heading across the Ocmulgee River into southwest Dodge county, additional damage was picked back up at a hunting camp just off Adams|Springs Road. At this location, multiple campers were damaged or overturned and numerous trees were uprooted, some laying on buildings. Additional trees were littered across Will Reeves Road heading toward Rhine but the tornado lifted before reaching the|center of town. [4/5/22: Tornado #12, County #2/2, EF-0, Wilcox/Dodge, 2022:015]. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Copeland | - | The 911 Call Center reported that a portion of Coffee Cemetery Road washed out due to flooding, which is north of US HWY 280 and HWY 87 junction. Radar estimated between 3 and 5 inches in this vicinity. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhine | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Calvin | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Hill | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Union | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ararat | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| McCranie | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Godwinsville | 11.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326234. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.