BlockFerry Landing, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Spanish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Folkston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Folkston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
394 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Ferry Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,613 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 71 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 | 178 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Natural | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRACY ROAD (45) |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LAKE HAMPTON RD (45) |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ferry Landing: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkston Concentrator | REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium | Past Producer | ||
| Humphreys Mining Co. - Boulogne Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Past Producer | Ilmenite, Rutile, Monazite, Zircon | |
| Stuart Tract Mine | Producer | |||
| Trenncor Mine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traders Hill | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stanley Landing | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oakdale | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Folkston | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Layton | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pinehurst | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Camp Pinkney (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Woodstock (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326276. 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.