BlockEpworth Acres, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Simons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31522. It stands on Hawkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Epworth Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GLYNN-002 |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-001 |
| 3 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-008 |
| 5 June 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | 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 Epworth Acres: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Village Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Simon Mills | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| El Dorado | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ebo Landing | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Youngwood | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Devenwood | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Central Park | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Riverview | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wymberly-On-The-Marsh | 1.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q122557362 | 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 1671494. 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.