BlockMcBean, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hephzibah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30815. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the McBean 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.
- 1920 USGS Greens Cut quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Greens Cut quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mc Bean quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell 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 McBean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,416 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 53 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019RICHMOND001 |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-RICHMOND-007 |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McBean in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | McBean | $500 | A few trees toppled by thunderstorm winds downed a couple of power lines along U.S. Highway 25 by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanic Hill | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Walkinshaw | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tahoma | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Goshen Plantation | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Nixon | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hephzibah | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| DeBruce | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Melton | 9.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 317837. 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.