BlockDoverel, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39842. It stands on Walk-Ikey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doverel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Doverel quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Doverel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 632 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-002 |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TERRELL003 |
| 24 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doverel in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Doverel | - | This tornado touched down on Doverel Highway and snapped a few trees. It then moved over an open field before doing extensive tree damage to a property on Herod Dover Road. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted on the property and fell in many different directions. The tornado damaged a few more trees a short distance down the road from this property before lifting. Damage was consistent with an EF1 rating. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doverel | - | A few trees were down on State Road 45 in the southern portion of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herod | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Graves | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Clarks Mill | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dawson | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Chickasawhatchee | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sasser | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Yeomans | 9.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355540. 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.