BlockLee Pope, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zenith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31030. The Survey maps it on the Fort Valley West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Fort Valley West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
390 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Lee Pope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 895 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 36 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 | 238 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lee Pope: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee Pope in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Lee Pope | 1 hurt, $100,000 | A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF0 tornado touched down along Lee Pope Road where large pine trees were uprooted. The tornado moved|east-northeast across Highway 341 to Greer Road, at which point winds increased into the EF2 range. A mobile home on Greer Road was flipped and demolished, and a vehicle was flipped and rolled, a woman inside the mobile home sustained a broken ankle. The tornado weakened then to EF1, downing trees as it crossed Walton Road, before reaching re-strengthening to EF2 briefly for a second time along Wesley Chapel Road. A home at this location had its roof completely removed and some exterior walls collapsed. A neighboring home sustained roof damage from the large amount of flying debris. The tornado again weakened to EF1 intensity as it crossed into Peach County along Mossy Creek. [03/03/19: Tornado #1, County #1/2, EF2, Crawford, Peach, 2019:006]. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $30,000 | WMAZ Television of Macon reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew down between 75 and 80 trees across southeastern Crawford county near Lee Pope on Greer and House Roads. Minor damage was reported to a home on House Road and a portion of siding was blown off a double-wide mobile home on Greer Road. Some irrigation equipment in the area was also damaged. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Lee Pope | $20,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a portion of road had collapsed near the intersection of Taylors Mill Road and Ray Road. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain fell over the area. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator reported multiple trees and power lines down along Taylors Mill Road. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $5,000 | The Crawford County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down near Zenith Mill Drive and Lee Pope Road and one power line blown down on a home. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $3,000 | Reports of several trees down on Union Church Rd in the area around Walton Rd. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $2,000 | Two wooden power poles were broken along Burnett Road near the Peach and Crawford county line. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee Pope | $1,000 | The Crawford County Emergency Manager relayed a report of four trees down in the southern part of the county. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Lee Pope | - | The Crawford county 911 center reported that several roads were under water and impassible in the rural southeastern part of the county near the Peach county border. Radar estimates indicated that over 6 inches of rain had fallen in this area in less than a six hour period of time. |
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 332199. 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.