BlockIdle Hour Estates, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31210. The Survey maps it on the Macon West quadrangle.
On record in Idle Hour Estates
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Villa Albicinilisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
James and Olive Porter Houselisted 2019 · 0.2 miles away
Candler Library Buildinglisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away- Jerry Cowles Cottagelisted 1971 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Macon West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Idle Hour Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 361 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BIBB002 |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BIBB001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivoli (historical) | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Lake | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wesleyan | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Country Club Estates | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Idlewood | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lokchapee | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wesleyan Woods | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lakewood | 0.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122548531 | 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 1672162. 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.