BlockFive Points, 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
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2019, burning about 621 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DOOLY004 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-010 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MACON-009 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $10,000 | Trees down along GA Hwy 329 near the Dooly county line. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | The Macon County 911 center reported a tree blown down onto the roadway on McKenzie Road near Highway 26. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Five Points | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of half-dollar-sized hail from the far southeast part of Macon county in the Five Points area. At least one tree was blown down in the area as well. |
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 | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Four Points | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fields | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Travelers Rest | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Barrons Lane | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cutoff | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Oglethorpe | 7.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331716. 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.