BlockErnest, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fargo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31631. The Survey maps it on the Headlight quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Headlight quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Headlight quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Ernest between 1993 and 2019, burning about 470 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 68 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | 43 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CLINCH001 |
| 9 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CLINCH-001 |
| 9 July 1994 | Natural | 31 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-CLINCH-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colon | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Vickers Crossing | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Williamsburg | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Fargo | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Magnolia | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Edith | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Chauncey | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Jamestown | 11.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331668. 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.