BlockDurden, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Quitman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31643. The Survey maps it on the Ousley 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ousley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Durden between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,398 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 52 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 | 168 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BROOKS-005 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-BROOKS-014 |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-005 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Springs | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Shiver | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Quitman | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fodie | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Golden (historical) | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gates (historical) | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Spain | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tillman (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561645 | 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 331605. 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.