BlockGentian, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31907. It stands on Cooper Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fortson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Fortson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Fortson quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gentian between 1992 and 2019, burning about 363 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MUSCOGEE-002 |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 28 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Camelot | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kenwood | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Northgate | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Georgian Hills | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Castlewood | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Wayne Terrace | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Windsor Park | 1.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331799. 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.