BlockLowery, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31023. It stands on Sheffield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eastman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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
- 1972 USGS Eastman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
663 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 663 fires within 5 miles of Lowery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 100 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 | 400 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DODGE-016 |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DODGE-017 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DODGE-014 |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DODGE-021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowery in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowery | $30,000 | Broadcast media and the public reported wind damage east of Eastman. A block wall was blown over and the roof of a house and a few mobile homes sustained minor damage. Several pine trees were blown over. Soperton Highway was blocked by fallen trees and powerlines. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowery | $1,000 | The Houston County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Bledsoe Road and Fred Bohannon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Amoskeag (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Saunders | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mukerson | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Godwinsville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Horne | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dodge High | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pitts | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348131. 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.