BlockMeeks, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adrian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31049. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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
- 1974 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
399 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 399 fires within 5 miles of Meeks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,326 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 122 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 | 178 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 122 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JOHNSON-008 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JOHNSON-009 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JOHNSON005 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JOHNSON-011 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meeks in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $7,000 | The Johnson County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down along Highway 15. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $5,000 | The public reported that at least three trees were down between Georgia Highway 15/78 and just west of Meeks. An outbuilding sustained major damage on Carroll Road, just off Georgia Highway 15/78. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on meeks road at meeks cemetery road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $1,000 | A tree was downed on liberty grove church road near the intersection of pwa road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $1,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down around Kite. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeks | $500 | The public reported that several trees had been blown down. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Meeks | - | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail from the Meeks area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Meeks | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in the Meeks area. Radar data suggests that similar or possibly even slightly larger hail fell south of Meeks along the Johnson and Emanuel county line south to Scott and Adrian, although no specific reports were received from this very rural area. One tree was also down in Meeks, and a couple of trees were also down in Swainsboro to the east in Emanuel county. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332368. 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.