BlockHastings, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Jonesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30228. It stands on Castor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hampton quadrangle.
On record in Hastings
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Crawford-Dorsey House and Cemeterylisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Hastings between 1992 and 2019, burning about 538 acres in total. 4 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 | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HENRY-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HENRY-009 |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hastings: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hastings in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2013: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Lightning | Hastings | 1 hurt | The Fayette county Emergency Management Director reported that Fayette County Medical and Fire Personnel responded to the lightning-related injury of a construction worker at the River's Edge Subdivision, just across the county border in Clayton county. The worker was treated and released with minor injuries. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Hastings | $2,100,000 | The public reported 1 to 2 inch hail across southern Clayton County. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hastings | $50,000 | The public reported that the damage path to trees and homes that began in eastern Fayette county to two subdivisions along Jeff Davis Drive southeast of Fayetteville, continued into Clayton county. Strong straight-lined winds blew down dozens of trees and damaged some homes in a subdivision near the Flint River along North Bridge/Hampton Road. Other damage was reported to trees along Heritage and Panhandle Drives. At least 10 trees were blown down just within one block. The gutters were ripped off another house by the strong winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovejoy | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bonanza | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Iron Gate | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Orrs | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Creek | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Chase | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Irondale | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| The Springs | 3.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326324. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.