BlockCottle, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Nashville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31639. It stands on Wolf Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nashville West quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Nashville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
408 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Cottle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,765 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 27 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 | 315 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WILCOX-016 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WILCOX-015 |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COOK006 |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COOK-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottle in 15 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | $2,000 | A tree fell onto a power line. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 125 and Van Wheless Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | There were a few reports of trees down in Berrien County. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | A tree was blown down on Chaserville Road. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Cottle | - | The intersection of Highway 76 and Cornelius Road was flooded. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | Trees were blown down on Bobby Kent Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 125. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | Trees were blown down in western Berrien county between Lenox and Alapaha. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | A few trees were blown down near Highway 125 just northwest of Nashville. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Cottle | - | Flooding was reported over roadways near Chaserville Road and Highway 125. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Cottle | - | There were many reports of flooding along Highway 125 between Nashville and Tifton. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottle | - | A tree was blown down on Chaserville Road. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Cottle | - | Golf ball size hail was reported via WALB's facebook page on Highway 76 about 3 miles west of Nashville. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Cottle | - | The public estimated golf ball sized hail in western Berrien county. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Cottle | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331462. 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.