BlockLanier, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31321. The Survey maps it on the Lanier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1920 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Lanier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
401 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Lanier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,114 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 133 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 | 200 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 133 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRYAN NORTH001 |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRYAN NORTH002 |
| 16 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BRYAN NORTH-002 |
| 13 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lanier in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported a few trees down along Bill Futch Road six miles east northeast of Pembroke, Georgia. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | $2,250 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on power lines along Page Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported a tree and power lines down near the intersection of Red Bird Lane and Cypress Bay Loop Road, 2 miles southwest of Lanier, Georgia. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Boggy Pond Road. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lanier | - | Penny sized hail was reported west of Blitchton. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | - | The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees and power lines down in the vicinity of Highway 280 between the intersections with Mill Creek Church Road and Black Creek Church Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | - | The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 119 near the county line. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | - | One tree down at Wilma Edwards Road and Bill Futch Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanier | - | One tree reported down at Highway 204 and Carlos Cowart Road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lanier | - | The public reported nickel size hail. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lanier | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lanier | - | no account filed |
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 316637. 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.