BlockGary, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Swainsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30401. The Survey maps it on the Swainsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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
- 1971 USGS Swainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
388 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Gary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 951 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 54 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 | 245 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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-EMANUEL-003 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL008 |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-EMANUEL-011 |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021EMANUEL010 |
| 21 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swainsboro | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Kirby | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Nunez | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wesley | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lexsy | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Durdenville | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Modoc | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Covena | 7.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326298. 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.