BlockLindsey, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warthen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31094. It stands on Alligator Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warthen NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Warthen NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Lindsey (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 787 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 21 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WASHINGTON-023 |
| 18 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | 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 Lindsey (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Roughton Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warthen | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chalker (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sparks | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kaolin | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Silas (historical) | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Downs | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sandersville | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Deepstep | 10.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348344. 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.