BlockLotts, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Broxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31519. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Douglas North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Douglas North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Lotts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 39 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 | 210 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COFFEE-006 |
| 5 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COFFEE-022 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE017 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE018 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-COFFEE-017 |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COFFEE-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lotts: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lotts in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Lightning | Lotts | $10,000 | A lightning strike hit a home south of Broxton and started a fire. The cost of damage was estimated and there were no injuries. |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lotts | $2,000 | The county dispatch reported several trees were blown down along Quincey Batten Loop near State Road 206. The cost of tree removal was estimated. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Lotts | - | Quarter size hail was reported at the Coffee County High School. Time of report based on radar data. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lotts | - | Central dispatch reported 6 to 7 trees down on Northside Drive near Quincey Batten Loop. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332269. 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.
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.