BlockLetford, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Stewart census division. It lies near Hilliard Island. The Survey maps it on the Letford 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 Letford 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
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Letford between 1995 and 2012, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 May 2002 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BRYAN NORTH-055 |
| 27 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BRYAN NORTH-019 |
| 13 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122571911 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332206. 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.