BlockEdwards, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31787. The Survey maps it on the Smithville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Smithville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Edwards (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 17 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 | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE006 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Eagle Pond | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Scrutchins | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Neyami | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jordan Place | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Starksville | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Leesburg | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mossy Dell | 12.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343381. 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.