BlockCreek Island, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hinesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31313. It stands on Creek Island. The Survey maps it on the Walthourville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1918 USGS Hinesville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Hinesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Hinesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Walthourville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
632 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 632 fires within 5 miles of Creek Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,083 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 227 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 227 |
| Debris and open burning | 226 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
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 | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LONG-001 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LIBERTY-005 |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LONG-006 |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mill Creek | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wildwood | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Deer Run Estates | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Northwest Woods | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pointe South | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Deerwood Estates | 2.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331475. 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.