BlockFendig, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waynesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31543. The Survey maps it on the Browntown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Browntown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Fendig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,070 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 39 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 | 84 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY021 |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Natural | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BRANTLEY-009 |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fendig in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fendig | - | A tree was blown down along U.S. Highway 32. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browntown | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Needmore | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Popwellville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hortense | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Trudie | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Manson (historical) | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Atkinson | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Waynesville | 8.1 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 Q122562828 | 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 326275. 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.