BlockCreekwood, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kingsland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31548. It stands on Little Catfish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingsland quadrangle.
On record in Creekwood
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.
Kingsland Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.5 miles away
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 Kingsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
333 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Creekwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 82 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 | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 52 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-045 |
| 15 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CAMDEN-010 |
| 6 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CAMDEN003 |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsland | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Terra Haute | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Wolfbay | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Woodhaven | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gross Still (historical) | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Ridge | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| The Meadows | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Vacuna (historical) | 1.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671323. 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.