BlockDungeness, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31558. It lies near Big Marsh Island. The Survey maps it on the Fernandina Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1919 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Dungeness between 1992 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-043 |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | 10.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | WELL HOUSE |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | GREYFIELD |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | NATURAL OUT #3 |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | WOODSHED |
| 7 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | STAFFORD |
| 4 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CAMDEN-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greyfield | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Cypress Lake Estates | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Lands End | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Plantation Oaks | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Peter Point Oaks | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Highland Oaks | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| North River Oaks | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| River Oaks | 3.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331601. 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.