BlockDowns, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Davisboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31018. The Survey maps it on the Downs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Downs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Downs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,524 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 12 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 | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GLASCOCK-002 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WASHINGTON-025 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WASHINGTON-004 |
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-WASHINGTON-016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Downs: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Pit | Kaolin | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Crossing | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sparks | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rose | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Heidrich | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Davisboro | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Tanner | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Warthen | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Chalker (historical) | 7.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326249. 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.