BlockFive Points, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cochran census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31014. The Survey maps it on the Cochran quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Cochran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Cochran quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
455 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,526 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 11 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 | 330 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BLECKLEY-005 |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Five Points | $30,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 100yards occurred in eastern Bleckley County northeast of Cochran. The tornado began just west of Churchwell Road where it downed several trees and a fence as well as lifting much of the roof off of a small barn. The tornado continued northeast downing more trees on Butts Road then increased in strength as it snapped 20 to 30 large trees and power poles in a small subdivision on Emergency Road 445A off of Highway 26. The tornado weakened but still damaged an abandoned fire station on Emergency Road 450R at Highway 26 before ending around Cary Salem Road. [01/21/17: Tornado #14, County #1/1, EF1, Bleckley, 2017:015]. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $4,000 | The Bleckley County 911 Center, Emergency Management Director, and the Cochran police department all reported wind damage from thunderstorms. At least four trees were down in the northern part of the county on Long Street Road near Five Points. A power pole was down three miles west of Cochran, and a power line was down in Cochran. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | Tree down along hwy 278 near the intersection at hwy 26 East. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | Tree down across Butts Rd near the intersection at HWY 26 East. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | EM reports tree down along butts rd near between cliff barlow rd and pace rd. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | - | Multiple large trees down around property off of Antioch road, north of Cochran. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342378. 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.