BlockLogan, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Washington East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Washington East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 311 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WILKES-003 |
| 29 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKES-003 |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WILKES-004 |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WILKES-011 |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $30,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported dozens of trees blown down and damage to two barns in the area around Lincolnton and Metasville Roads. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $10,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along Lundburg Road and Branham Road south of Washington. One tree fell onto and destroyed a well house at a home on Branham Road. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $1,000 | The Wilkes County 911 Center reported several trees down west of Lincolnton Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Heights | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ravenwood Park | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Washington | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Porters | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Washington Heights | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lincoln Heights | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson Heights | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cohentown | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332259. 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.