BlockEmerich, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Unadilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31091. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Emerich between 1992 and 2020, burning about 810 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DOOLY004 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOOLY-004 |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DOOLY-006 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HOUSTON-017 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HOUSTON-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerich in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerich | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported several trees down at residence near Vining Rd and Indian Lake Rd. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Emerich | $5,000 | The USGS stream gage on the Turkey Creek at Byromville reached its flood stage of 10 feet at 1054 am EDT. The creek remained above flood until 540 am EDT on the 23rd. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal from areas adjacent to the creek. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerich | $3,000 | The Dooley County 911 center reported trees blown down from Mims Road on the Houston County line to east of Unadilla along Highway 230. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Emerich | $2,000 | The USGS stream gage on Turkey Creek near Byromville reached its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 4 pm EST. The river remained in flood for several hours. In general, minor flooding was observed adjacent to the creek. However, a portion of Robertson Road suffered erosion damage. Monetary damage to the road and debris removal near the creek was estimated to be $2000. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Spring | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Unadilla | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pinehurst | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sugar Hill | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dooling | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Byromville | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Findlay | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lilly | 10.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122597485 | 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 331659. 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.