BlockGroveland, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31321. The Survey maps it on the Groveland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1920 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
283 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Groveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,012 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 108 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 | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 108 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BRYAN NORTH-003 |
| 15 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Jerusalem Church Road near Highway 280, in Groveland, Georgia. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | - | The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported two trees and a power line down along Highway 280, located near the cross streets of Harvey Road as well as Groveland Nevils Road. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveland | - | Several trees and numerous limbs were down. |
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 356121. 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.