BlockHicks, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ideal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31076. The Survey maps it on the Garden Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Garden Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Hicks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,219 acres in total. 10 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 | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 84 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON008 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON007 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MACON-007 |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hicks in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicks | $2,000 | The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the northwest part of the county around Hicks. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicks | $1,000 | The Macon County 911 Center reported that three trees were down within the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Marshallville | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Winchester | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lowes Crossing | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ideal | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Barrons Lane | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bartlett | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Lake | 10.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331968. 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.