BlockHawkinstown, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39870. The Survey maps it on the Elmodel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Newton quadrangle1:62500
- 1974 USGS Elmodel quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Hawkinstown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 611 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BAKER-003 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BAKER-006 |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BAKER-002 |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-BAKER-002 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BAKER-003 |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkinstown in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Hawkinstown | - | Water was over the roadway on Hamill Road near Highway 200. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Hawkinstown | - | More than four inches of rain flooded a portion of State Road 91 near County Road 45. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggard Mill | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mimsville | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Elmodel | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cheevertown (historical) | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dewsville (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Newton | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bethany | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lamar | 8.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331933. 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.