BlockGum Hill, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sparta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30678. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Gum Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 460 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-019 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-017 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-018 |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-022 |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GREENE-004 |
| 8 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gum Hill in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Hill | $20,000 | The Washington EMC reported numerous power poles blown down and snapped across the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Zion | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shoulderbone | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pride (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Howell Grove | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Powelton | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Granite Hill | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine (historical) | 10.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348208. 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.