BlockCovena, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adrian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30401. The Survey maps it on the Covena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Covena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Covena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,621 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 55 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 | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-TREUTLEN-002 |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TREUTLEN-011 |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL011 |
| 21 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Covena in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covena | $2,500 | The Emanuel County 911 Center relayed a report of multiple trees down throughout the county. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covena | $1,000 | The Emanuel County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down along Kemp Road near Minnow Lane. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Covena | - | The same mesovortex that produced a brief tornado in northcentral|Treutlen County on April 5, spun up another weak tornado|southwest of Swainsboro near Kemp Rd and Ebenezer Church Rd. It|traveled northeast downing several trees then traveled near the|intersection of US80 and US1 as it entered the city limits. More|trees were snapped or uprooted along the path as it traveled into|the city. Several businesses near downtown had a large amount of|tin roofing blown off and into streets. A few signs were also|blown down. The tornado lifted shortly after this point just|northeast of downtown. [4/5/22: Tornado #15, County #1/1, EF-1, Emanuel, 2022:018]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norristown | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Norristown Junction | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Nunez | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kirby | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Wesley | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gary | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lombard | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lexsy | 7.9 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561856 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 313045. 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.