BlockGill, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lincolnton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30668. The Survey maps it on the Chennault quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Chennault quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Gill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 659 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKES-002 |
| 26 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILKES-002 |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-004 |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Silver Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gill in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | $4,000 | Sheriff reported power outages across northern Lincoln county from powerlines being down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Numerous trees were downed across the county. These included trees that fell onto the roofs of two homes on Broad River Scenic Dr, in the northern part of the county. Considerable damage occurred in Elijah Clark State Park (see separate entry). Also, about a dozen trees were downed in and near the town of Lincolnton. Part of a roof was blown off a boat shed, along with downed trees, in a neighborhood near Clarks Hill Lake on Forest Lake Dr. Time estimated. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Large branches were downed along the intersection of Elberton Hwy and Graball Rd. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Two trees were downed near Broad River Dr. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Country dispatch reported power outage due to wind on Shore Line Dr. Time estimated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Trees down along Gills Point Rd near Clark Hill Lake. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Trees were downed on Broad River Scenic Drive. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Lincoln Co GA EM reported ten power poles snapped, and lines down, near the intersection of Graball Rd and Hwy 79. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Spotter reported large limbs down along Graball Road. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gill | - | Spotter reported large limbs down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Gill | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail on hwy 79 north of Beulah. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Gill | - | NWS survey found an F0 touched down and took down many trees along its path. Witnesses saw the tornado go across the river into McCormick county SC. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Gill | - | Emergency manager reported penny size hail from Chennault to the Midway area. |
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 335280. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.