BlockLindsey, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Allentown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31017. The Survey maps it on the Nicklesville 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 Nicklesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Lindsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,087 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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 | 151 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WILKINSON004 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-021 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKINSON-008 |
| 28 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019LAURENS008 |
| 17 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindsey in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lindsey | $20,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down in southern Wilkinson county along Quinn Williams Road just north of Highway 112. This weak|tornado snapped or uprooted several trees as it moved east crossing US Highway 441 and South Sandy Creek before crossing into Laurens County. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #23, County #1/2, EF-0, Wilkinson, Laurens, 2017:055]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooktown | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nicklesville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Irwinton | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Toomsboro | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Beech Hill | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wriley | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| McIntyre | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Edgars | 13.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346799. 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.