BlockMcCranie, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chauncey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31060. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
370 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of McCranie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 77 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 | 215 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DODGE013 |
| 23 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DODGE-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chauncey | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cox (historical) | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Godwinsville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Calvin | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Hill | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Jay Bird Springs | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122555044 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348133. 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.