BlockKirby, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Swainsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30401. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swainsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Swainsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
347 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Kirby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 936 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 54 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 | 220 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EMANUEL-003 |
| 8 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EMANUEL-008 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL008 |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-EMANUEL-011 |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirby in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | $6,000 | Multiple reports of trees down from Hwy 1 and 57, south of Swainsboro, and along Hwy 57 near Stillmore. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Kirby | - | A brief tornado touched down southwest of US1 just south of Sand|Hill Rd causing minor roof damage to a home and snapping a few|trees. [4/5/22: Tornado #16, County #1/1, EF-0, Emanuel, 2022:019]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunez | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wesley | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gary | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lexsy | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Covena | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lombard | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Swainsboro | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Durdenville | 7.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347547. 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.