BlockLamar, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leslie-De Soto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31764. It stands on Po Joe Branch. The Survey maps it on the Methvins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Methvins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Lamar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 566 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SUMTER012 |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SUMTER-008 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SUMTER016 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Huntington | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| DeSoto | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Leslie | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Danville (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gatewood | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cobb | 5.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332174. 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.