BlockLassiter, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30016. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Lassiter between 1992 and 2019, burning about 608 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 46 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 | 133 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020NEWTON001 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-003 |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lassiter: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Name | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lassiter in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lassiter | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $20,000 | The Newton County Emergency Manager reported that dozens of trees were blown down at the Bert Adams Boy Scout Camp south of Covington. One of the trees fell onto a tent occupied by two scouts. A 14 year old male camper was killed by the falling tree while the other teenaged occupant escaped with only minor injuries. |
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Lassiter | $625,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF1 tornado had touched down in southern Newton county causing extensive damage to some 30 homes in a heavily wooded subdivision just south of High Point. The tornado touched down near the intersection of King Bostwick Road and Channing Cope Road and travelled approximately three miles almost due east to a point approximately 1/2 mile southeast of the intersection of Henderson Mill Road and Taylor Road. Damage to the homes was nearly 100 percent the result of downed trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lassiter | $1,000 | The Newton County 911 Center relayed reports of a few trees down in far southern Newton County. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Lassiter | - | The USGS precipitation gage located at the Yellow River at Rocky Plains, reported 7.51 inches of rain for the 24-hour period ending at 9:30 PM EST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highpoint Forest | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| High Point | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Newton Chase | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Anderson Acres | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Jamestown | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Creekwood Estates | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Riverbend Farms | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Avalon | 2.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673516. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.