BlockCypress Siding, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Melton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Folkston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Newell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Siding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,779 acres in total. 39 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 | 53 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 110 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CHARLTON003 |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHARLTON009 |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHARLTON-010 |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CHARLTON-008 |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CHARLTON-013 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racepond | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mattox | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Petersons (historical) | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Uptonville | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Newell | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Winokur | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Paxton | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Prescott (historical) | 8.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122557745 | 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 331504. 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.