BlockHowell, Georgia
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Echols census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31636. The Survey maps it on the Howell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Howell quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Howell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 904 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 56 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021ECHOLS003 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ECHOLS-012 |
| 22 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ECHOLS-011 |
| 22 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ECHOLS-010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howell in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howell | - | Two trees were blown down along Highway 135N between mile markers 12 and 13 near Valentine Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howell | - | A tree was blown down across the road near the intersection of Highway 135 north and Howell Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howell | - | Two trees were blown down south of Howell across the road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howell | - | Howell Road had a tree down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howell | - | Three trees were blown down along Howell Road between Highway 135 and Valentine Road. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Howell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60768917 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 315761. 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.