BlockErick, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alamo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30411. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1970 USGS Scotland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Erick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 966 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 41 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 | 281 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-WHEELER-003 |
| 3 September 1993 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Erick: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clegg Mine Jl Clegg Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flanders Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holland Asphalt Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erick in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erick | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported that at least eight trees were down in the far western portion of the county near the Wheeler county line from the Erick and Avants area near Little Ocmulgee State Park to just across the Telfair county line from Scotland. Some county roads were blocked from the downed trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erick | $3,000 | Multiple trees down at Bay Springs Church Road and W Hwy 280. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erick | $3,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported that around a dozen trees were blown down across roads. Several power lines were downed as well. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331667. 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.