BlockLulaton, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Nahunta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31553. The Survey maps it on the Nahunta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
436 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 436 fires within 5 miles of Lulaton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,218 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 116 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 | 166 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 116 |
| Natural | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY012 |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BRANTLEY-011 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BRANTLEY-005 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BRANTLEY-014 |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lulaton in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lulaton | $2,000 | Large trees down near Satilla River. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lulaton | - | Several trees were blown down east of Nahunta. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Lulaton | - | Five public reports of a tornado received by Emergency Management nine miles west of Waynesville at Turkey Ridge. There was damage to at least one home. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lulaton | - | Power lines were blown down southeast of Nahunta. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Atkinson | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Nahunta | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Happy Landing | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Burton Terrace | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Raybon | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Waynesville | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Trudie | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332282. 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.