BlockFlat Ford, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adel-Sparks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31647. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ellenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
343 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Flat Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 | 235 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COOK007 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | 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
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flat Ford in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Ford | $25,000 | Several boats were capsized and several trees were blown over at Reed Bingham State park. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Flat Ford | $5,000 | Video taken by the public and posted on social media confirmed that a very brief tornado occurred near Reed Bingham State Park. The tornado appeared to last around one minute or less. The only damage as reported by the emergency manager was part of a tree that fell on a house. The tornado was rated EF0. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Flat Ford | - | Water was reported over a few roadways in Cook county. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Ford | - | A couple of trees were blown down across Old Union Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Ford | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Flat Ford | - | Barneyville Road was flooded and closed due to heavy rainfall in a short period of time. |
| February 2013 | Flood | Flat Ford | - | The bridge over the Little River in Reed Bingham State Park was closed due to flooding from the Little River from persistent moderate to heavy rain. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Flat Ford | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagon Wheel | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Barneyville | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Laconte | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nola (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Berrien (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Burney Hill | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lenox | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Staunton | 4.6 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563566 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331724. 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.