BlockMattox, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Little Spanish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1918 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Newell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Mattox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,197 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 22 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 | 59 |
| Natural | 57 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 110 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CHARLTON003 |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mattox in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Mattox | $12,000 | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mattox | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mattox | - | Nickel size hail was reported off of Highway 121. |
| August 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Mattox | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uptonville | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cypress Siding | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Newell | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Paxton | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Petersons (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Homeland | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Hill | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Racepond | 6.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332333. 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.