BlockGrays Landing, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cedar Crossing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30473. It stands on Little Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grays Landing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Grays Landing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Grays Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,312 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 43 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 | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TOOMBS-014 |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MONTGOMERY008 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS012 |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays Landing in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Landing | $75,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that straight-line winds from a bow echo resulted in scattered wind damage across southern Toombs County from Greys Landing Road to Charlie Hart Road. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped in sporadic intervals in several locations along the roughly 11-mile path. Damage to livestock buildings and a center pivot irrigation system occurred. An unanchored single-wide mobile home was rolled and destroyed. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 MPH. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Landing | $50,000 | Emergency Management confirmed reports of numerous, 50 to 100, trees down mainly along Hwy 147 near US Hwy 1. Trees blocked a large section of Hwy 147 which also happens to be main evacuation route for Plant Hatch. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Landing | $1,000 | The Toombs County 911 Center reported that four to five trees were down near and just east of English Eddy in the far south central part of the county. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Grays Landing | - | Emergency Manager reported several inches of water covering Gray's Landing Road near Benton Lee's Steakhouse. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNatt Falls | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| English Eddy | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Crossing | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Toombs Central | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Springs | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Johnson Corner | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| South Thompson | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Center | 11.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331856. 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.