BlockCutoff, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Oglethorpe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31068. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Cutoff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,070 acres in total. 4 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 | 146 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON005 |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON004 |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON003 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cutoff: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harin and Aycock Properties | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Wilburn Pit No 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Andersonville Works | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Mullite Pit | Aluminum | Occurrence | Weathering Residual | |
| Unnamed Outcrop | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutoff in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutoff | $50,000 | The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that a tree had fallen on a home on Georgia Highway 224 near Four Points. The house sustained moderate damage as a result. Another tree was down on Georgia Highway 49 North in Montezuma, and a third tree was down on North Adams Street in the northeast part of Montezuma. The later downed tree also brought down a power line. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutoff | $1,000 | Tree down at Stagecoach Rd and Riverview Dr in Oglethorpe. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutoff | - | Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down and broken power poles over remote road near Lower River Rd in rural SE Macon County. The damage aligns well with the storm core. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Travelers Rest | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Montezuma | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fields | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Spalding | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Four Points | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bartlett | 5.2 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cutoff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888704 | 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 331502. 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.