BlockIrwins Crossroads, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tennille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31089. The Survey maps it on the Irwins Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Irwins Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Irwins Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 663 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 23 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 | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WASHINGTON-006 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WASHINGTON-021 |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Irwins Crossroads in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwins Crossroads | $40,000 | WMAZ relayed reports of a barn destroyed along Tennille-Harrison road. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Irwins Crossroads | $35,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 105 mph and a maximum path width of 290 yards occurred in Washington County. The tornado touched down south of Tennille near the intersection of Highway 68 and Hazard Road where a large number of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado moved east northeast along Old Savannah Road, snapping and downing numerous additional trees before dissipating. No injuries were reported. [03/03/19: Tornado #11, County #1/1, EF1, Washington, 2019:016]. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwins Crossroads | $1,000 | Ema reports at least one tree down and power line damage on hwy 68 south near hurst rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwins Crossroads | $1,000 | A tree was downed in the 500 block of Johnston Cochran Rd. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326337. 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.