BlockHerod, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39842. The Survey maps it on the Chickasawhatchee 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 Sasser quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Chickasawhatchee quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Herod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-002 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TERRELL-001 |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herod in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herod | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous tree limbs down county-wide. Numerous power outages occurred after tree limbs knocked down powerlines within the town of Herod. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herod | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines around Herod Road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herod | - | A tree was blown down near Herod Dover Road and Sasser Herod Road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Herod | - | A photo of quarter sized hail was posted on social media not far from Sasser. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herod | - | A 12 inch diameter tree limb blew down near Highway 82 around 2 miles south of the Dawson airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickasawhatchee | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clarks Mill | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Doverel | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dawson | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sasser | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Graves | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bridges Crossroad | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 8.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356269. 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.