BlockGoose Neck, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hawkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31036. It stands on Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Finleyson East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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
- 1972 USGS Finleyson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
641 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 641 fires within 5 miles of Goose Neck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,458 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 35 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 | 448 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| 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 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-PULASKI-009 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PULASKI-013 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PULASKI-012 |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Goose Neck: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippetts | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hartford | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hawkinsville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wallace | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mobley Crossing | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Browndale | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Finleyson | 8.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331839. 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.