BlockHatley, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31015. The Survey maps it on the Pitts quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Pitts quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Hatley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,420 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 36 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 | 136 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRISP-009 |
| 25 September 1996 | Smoking | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRISP-007 |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatley in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatley | $65,000 | The Crisp County 911 Center relayed reports of several downed trees and power lines. Two trees fell on a house. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatley | $10,000 | Six power poles downed along hatley road in between arabi williford rd and stokes rd. just off of east ga hwy 90. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Williford (historical) | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Listonia | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| East Crisp | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Musselwhite | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bedgood | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Penia | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Tremont | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356221. 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.