BlockHills Store, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Girard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30426. It lies near Potlikker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Millett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Millett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Hills Store between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,096 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 44 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE008 |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BURKE-004 |
| 26 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE007 |
| 15 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BURKE-012 |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-BURKE-003 |
| 30 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SCREVEN-002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Fence Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Girard | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Murray Hill | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sardis | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Old Sardis | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bill Davis (historical) | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Telfair Woods | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hancock Landing | 13.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331989. 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.