BlockFields, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Montezuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31063. The Survey maps it on the Marshallville SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Marshallville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Fields between 1992 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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 | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON003 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MACON-009 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-007 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-008 |
| 20 September 1997 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fields: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Outcrop | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fields in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fields | $10,000 | The Macon County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Field Crossing Road between Loop Road and Croxton Road. Some tin siding was pulled off of a chicken house in the area. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fields | $6,000 | The Macon County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around Drayton Road to around the intersection of Highway 90 and Cedar Valley Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Travelers Rest | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cutoff | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Four Points | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oglethorpe | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview | 4.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346946. 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.