BlockHallwood, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Little River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sinclair West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Lake Sinclair West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Hallwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 19 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 | 160 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021PUTNAM002 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PUTNAM-006 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nona | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Meda | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dennis | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Flat Rock | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Warfield | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clopton (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Resseaus Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Glenwoods Spring (historical) | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356148. 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.