BlockDonovan, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrightsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31096. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
420 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Donovan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,273 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 64 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 | 206 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-JOHNSON-017 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donovan in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Donovan | $6,000 | Hurricane Branch overflowed a portion of Oaky Grove Church Road with around one foot of water. Cypress Creek overflowed a portion of Powerline Road with around one foot of water. A drainage branch overflowed a portion of Carters Road near Georgia Highway 15 with around one foot of water. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | $2,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that approximately six trees and a couple of power lines were down around Wrightsville, especially on the north and west side of the city. Trees were down on Oilver Road southwest of the city. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | $1,000 | Emergency manager relayed a report of a down tree on ga highway 15 north in the area of donovan road and johnson bridge road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | $1,000 | Multiple trees down at hwy 319 and Union Hill Church Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | $1,000 | Multiple trees down at hwy 319 and Oaky Grove Church Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | $1,000 | Tree down along us Hwy 319 and Oaky Grove Church Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | - | Home lost roughly 80% of roof near Oaky Grove Church Rd and Billy Frost Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donovan | - | Multiple trees down near intersection of Cross Cedar Rd and Power Line Rd. |
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.
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 Donovan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q74661022 | 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 331570. 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.
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.