BlockDavid, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gibson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30810. The Survey maps it on the Bowdens Pond quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Bowdens Pond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
265 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of David (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 15 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 | 149 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GLASCOCK-001 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GLASCOCK-003 |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021GLASCOCK002 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN011 |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 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 David (historical): 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Purvis Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Georgia Kaolin Company. | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Huber Mine | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Reedy Creek Div Plant | Kaolin | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadden | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bastonville | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harts | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gibson | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Blume | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Glovers Millpond | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Edgehill | 10.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347477. 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.