BlockLorenzo, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31329. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Lorenzo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,630 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 54 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 | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EFFINGHAM007 |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorenzo in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | $1,500 | A trained weather spotter reported trees down on Stillwell-Clyo Road near Logs Landing Road, 3 miles east-southeast of Clyo, Georgia. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Effingham County dispatch relayed a report of significant storm damage along Stillwell Clyo Road. A 14 inch diameter pine tree fell through a home and caused significant structural damage. Also along the road, a couple of power poles were broken and several other trees and power lines were reported down. Additionally, the crops on two 80 acre cornfields were reported to be completely destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Effingham County Emergency Management reported an oak tree about 3 feet in diameter was blown down on Whitaker Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Effingham County Emergency Management relayed a report of a tree down on a car on Hadden Lake Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Effingham County Emergency Management reported a power pole and power lines down, including at least one nearby tree, in the vicinity of the 400 block of Whitaker Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Calf Pen Bay Road and Laurel Tree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shawnee | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tusculum | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ardmore | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Egypt | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Springfield | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Oaky | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Berryville | 6.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332267. 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.