BlockDry Pond, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30558. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Apple Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Dry Pond between 1992 and 2017, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-005 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-004 |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JACKSON-001 |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-001 |
| 4 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dry Pond in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Pond | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines in the 100 block of hickory way. |
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Dry Pond | - | The Emergency Manager reported Dixon Bridge Road was closed due to high water conditions on the North Oconee River. Radar estimates indicate that 2 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Shoals (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Thyatira | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Apple Valley | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Holly Springs | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Holders | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Constantine | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pendergrass | 5.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 313686. 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.