BlockFive Points, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashburn-Sycamore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31714. The Survey maps it on the Cuffietown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sylvester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Cuffietown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,490 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 77 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 | 208 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TURNER-006 |
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WORTH-001 |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WORTH-003 |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Five Points | - | The southwest part of Turner county experienced flooding. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Five Points | - | Flooding was reported on Joe Hobby 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331715. 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.