BlockIda Vesper, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Benning census division. It stands on Hollis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glen Alta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Glen Alta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Glen Alta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Ida Vesper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 887 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 52 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 | 112 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-CHATTAHOOCHEE-001 |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MARION004 |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MARION003 |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MARION002 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MARION-015 |
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 Ida Vesper in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Ida Vesper | $150,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second EF1 tornado touched down within Chattahoochee county from the same parent supercell thunderstorm that spawned an earlier EF1 tornado 2.5 miles south of Ochille. This EF1 tornado touched down approximately 2.5 miles east-northeast of Cusseta and also traveled on the ground about 4.0 miles to the east-southeast just north of and paralleling Georgia Highway 26. The maximum path width was determined to be 100 yards with maximum winds estimated at 80 mph. Minor damage was observed to at least two homes and one church. A 20 by 24 foot metal storage building on Georgia Highway 26 was destroyed. Several other storage sheds or outbuildings along the path of the tornado suffered minor to moderate damage. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ida Vesper | $2,500 | The Fort Benning Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH that caused damage to several trees on this portion of the military reservation. Dime-sized hail was also reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Manta | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gobblers Hill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cusseta | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Halloca (historical) | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Renfroe | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Heineburg Village (historical) | 6.4 miles | 25 | |
| Central Springs | 7.2 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551920 | 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 332053. 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.