BlockMcWhorter, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Cardinal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rico quadrangle.
On record in McWhorter
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Basket Creek Cemeterylisted 2009 · 0.7 miles away
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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rico quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of McWhorter between 1992 and 2019, burning about 748 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOUGLAS-002 |
| 6 June 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CARROLL-017 |
| 26 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of McWhorter: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle P Ranch Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No Name | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McWhorter in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McWhorter | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Georgia Highway 5, in McWhorter. Thunderstorm winds also toppled several trees in Douglasville, one of which extensively damaged a building and caused minor damage to two cars. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River West | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hollis Heights | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sweetwater Bluff | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fairplay | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Basket Creek | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cheviot Hills | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tyree | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hannah | 2.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332361. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.