BlockHunts, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eatonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. The Survey maps it on the Eatonton quadrangle.
On record in Hunts
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Strong-Davis-Rice-George Houselisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Eatonton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Hunts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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 | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PUTNAM-006 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PUTNAM-006 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.6 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TUGGLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunts in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Hail | Hunts | $222,000 | The public reported golfball sized hail in Eatonton. The hail was so deep it covered the ground completely. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunts | $5,000 | The Putnam County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down along Route 129 and in Eatonton. Traffic lights were were out in Eatonton as well. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunts | $3,000 | The Putnam County 911 Center reported that several trees and a few power lines were blown down in Eatonton. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunts | $2,000 | The Putnam County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down onto power lines in Eatonton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Eatonton | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Warfield | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Linchburg | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| The Glades (historical) | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Meda | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Willard | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Reids Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347218. 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.