BlockGrove Level, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Commerce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30558. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Grove Level between 1992 and 2017, burning about 199 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BANKS-003 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-004 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BANKS-002 |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BANKS-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grove Level in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Grove Level | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 MPH moved along a path with a maximum width of 100 yards for 2.3 miles across portions of Jackson County. The tornado began near a poultry supply store on Maysville Road just north of I-85 where it blew over 5, half-ton, unsecured poultry feed bins and downed several large tree branches. The tornado moved northeast paralleling the interstate. Two street signs were bent over along Ridgeway Church Road. The tornado path crossed over a large outlet mall where no apparent damage was noted, however the most severe damage occurred just past the mall where an automobile trailer sales business had two large overhead doors blown in and the front door to the business blown off. Several trailers were rolled about 50 feet and damage to the roof of the building was also noted at this location. The tornado then continued northeastward where it crossed into Banks County. [11/30/16: Tornado #6, County #1/2, EF1, Jackson, 2016:012]. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Grove Level | - | The public reported quarter size hail at the QuickTrip gas station near Commerce. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hurricane Shoals (historical) | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dry Pond | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Apple Valley | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Holly Springs | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Thyatira | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Constantine | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Brockton | 9.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594410 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331878. 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.