BlockHazlehurst, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31568. It stands on Armstrong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Hazlehurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,080 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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 | 50 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CAMDEN-004 |
| 29 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-041 |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CAMDEN-006 |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-CAMDEN-001 |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullhead Bluff | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Tompkins | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mays Bluff | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Silco | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Burnt Fort | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Scarlet | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Jerusalem | 4.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331942. 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.