BlockHerring, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31636. It stands on Caney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
397 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Herring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,259 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 115 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 | 186 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 115 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-ECHOLS-011 |
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-ECHOLS-004 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1996 | Smoking | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ECHOLS001 |
| 25 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Herring: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statenville Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Prospect | 1890 | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Twin Lakes | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Melrose | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dasher | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Newsome | 6.4 miles | 6 | |
| Briggston | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Clyattville | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Old Clyattville | 8.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346265. 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.