BlockElder, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. It stands on Little Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barnett Shoals quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Barnett Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Elder between 1992 and 2019, burning about 331 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OCONEE-003 |
| 4 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elder: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkinsville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elder in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elder | $7,000 | The Oconee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county from Hog Mountain Road south of Bogart to Hardin Hill Road and Colham Ferry Road in Watkinsville and Antioch Church Road east of Elder. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elder | $5,000 | The Oconee County 911 center reported large trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Watson Springs Road and Jerusalem Road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elder | $1,500 | The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported several trees down east of Farmington. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elder | - | Report of trees down at Greensboro Hwy and Wire Bridge Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Coventry | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Essex | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Salem | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar Springs | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Turpin (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Hills | 4.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355660. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.