BlockFancy Bluff, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Thalmann census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31523. It sits by Halfmoon Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Brunswick West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brunswick West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
253 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Fancy Bluff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 896 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 37 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 | 73 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Fancy Bluff: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruswick Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satilla Shores | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Deerwood | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Gordon Oaks Homes | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Blythe Island | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Brunswick | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| McIntyre Court | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Glynnvilla | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Back Landing | 4.4 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 Q122563565 | 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 331694. 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.