BlockLeake, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31546. The Survey maps it on the Jesup West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jesup West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
350 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Leake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,295 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 94 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 | 94 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WAYNE-016 |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-015 |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-016 |
| 3 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686422. 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.