BlockLaurens Hill, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dudley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31022. It stands on Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Danville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1974 USGS Danville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
366 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Laurens Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 39 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 | 218 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-019 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BLECKLEY-011 |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurens Hill in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurens Hill | $10,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down along Lord Dexter Road between Lord Road and Chicken Road. Dime size hail was also reported in this area. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurens Hill | $5,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported a few trees and power lines blown down along Highway 338 between I-16 and Dexter. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Laurens Hill | - | A QLCS EF1 tornado formed along Rebie Road in southern Laurens |County moving ESE through a heavily wooded region snapping and |uprooting trees before reaching Lord Road. 2 large grain bins were|dented, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, a home sustained|roof damage and a small shed was destroyed. The tornado was at |its maximum intensity in this area before moving into a heavily |wooded area. The tornado crossed Chicken Road and Hwy 338 snapping|a few trees before lifting east of Hwy 338 in a wooded area. [4/6/22: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-1, Laurens, 2022:023]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskins Crossing | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bender (historical) | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Montrose | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kewanee | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dudley | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Whipples Crossing | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shewmake | 5.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346571. 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.