BlockEdith, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fargo census division. The Survey maps it on the Fargo 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
- 1967 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Edith between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,388 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 7 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ECHOLS-014 |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | INDIAN MOUND FIRE |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CLINCH-016 |
| 30 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-ECHOLS-003 |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edith in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edith | $15,000 | Large trees were blown down. A vehicle and a building was damaged. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edith | $1,000 | A tree and power line was blown were blown down on Swamp Road. The time was estimated by radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Edith | - | A station measured 3.09 since midnight. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Edith | - | A spotter reported dime to nickel size hail and four inches of storm total rainfall. Wind gusts to 55 mph were also estimated. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edith | - | A spotter near Fargo reported several trees were blown down at his residence when the storm passed. |
| October 2008 | Heavy Rain | Edith | - | A spotter measured just under 8 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edith | - | Several trees reported down near the Steven Foster State Park entrance. Event time has been based on radar imagery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo | 0.8 miles | 7 | |
| Vickers Crossing | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Council | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Colon | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Williamsburg | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ernest | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jamestown | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia | 17.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331636. 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.