BlockLamb Town, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 31092. The Survey maps it on the Pineview SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Pineview SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
329 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 329 fires within 5 miles of Lamb Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,350 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 33 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 | 222 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CRISP003 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DOOLY-002 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamb Town in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Lamb Town | $6,000 | The Crisp County Deputy emergency manager reported several small creeks and streams came out of their banks and flooded portions of some roads in eastern crisp county. The soils were wet from previous rainfall during the past 30 days. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Lamb Town | $1,000 | The Crisp County Emergency Management Director reported that several creeks and streams across the county exceeded bank full and resulted in minor flooding. Six to seven inches of rain fell across this area in less than 24 hours. Some urban areas also experienced street flooding as well. At least two roads, including a portion of Georgia Highway 257, had to be closed because of water flowing over the roads. Damage was limited to minor debris cleanup. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Lamb Town | - | The Emergency Manager reported flooding of Crane Lake, threatening ten nearby homes. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 6 inches of rain occurred, falling on wet soils, causing the rising water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremont | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Penia | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| East Crisp | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Listonia | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Musselwhite | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cordele | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Williford (historical) | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| McKenzie | 7.3 miles | 7 |
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 Q122544729 | 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 335010. 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.