BlockGarretta, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rentz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31075. It stands on Bluewater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rentz quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1974 USGS Rentz quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
881 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 881 fires within 5 miles of Garretta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,383 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 83 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 | 480 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 133 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-LAURENS-031 |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021LAURENS023 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-020 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garretta in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretta | $3,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from Scotland Road and Robertson Church Road to around the intersection of Highway 19 and South Poplar Springs Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretta | $3,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down south of Dublin. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretta | $2,000 | Two trees down along Martin Luther King Jr Dr at Campground Rd and near Holliday Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretta | $1,000 | Powerline down at intersection of ga highway 19 s and Pinehill Rd. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Garretta | - | The Laurens county 911 center reported golf ball size hail on U.S. Highway 441 approximately 1 mile south of Interstate 16. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alligood | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mayberry (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Vincent | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Harlow | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Springhaven (historical) | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rentz | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Moores | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dexter | 6.3 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 Q122540626 | 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 355980. 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.