BlockFive Points, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gillis Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30457. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Covena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1970 USGS Covena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
581 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 581 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,581 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 59 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 | 339 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TREUTLEN001 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-TREUTLEN-002 |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TREUTLEN-024 |
| 5 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TREUTLEN-011 |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TREUTLEN-021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $10,000 | The Treutlen County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the eastern side of the county. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $3,000 | An official with the Treutlen county Fire and Rescue Department reported that thunderstorm winds blew some power lines down onto Interstate-16. Several trees were also down in the area. In addition, some shingles were blown off the roof of a home nearby. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | The Treutlen County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down along Highway 46 near Lake Wildwood. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | The Treutlen County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of I-16 and Highway 297. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillis Springs | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Zaidee | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Soperton | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Blackville | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Orianna | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Orland | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lothair | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Barnhill | 12.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326287. 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.