BlockKings Cove, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lizella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31220. The Survey maps it on the Lizella quadrangle.
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.
- 1956 USGS Bolingbroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Lizella quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Kings Cove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 662 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BIBB-003 |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MONROE-011 |
| 28 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BIBB-002 |
| 28 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-BIBB-002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trails End | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Camelot | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cherokee | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dixie | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Christophers Cove | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tara | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Beaveroaks | 1.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672182. 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.