BlockMidriver, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31568. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle.
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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Midriver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,425 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 26 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-010 |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-008 |
| 20 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CAMDEN-005 |
| 16 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midriver in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Lightning | Midriver | $2,000 | Lightning struck a 10 x 10 foot utility building and the building was totaled. The location was at the 3R Fish Camp on 99 Sadie Jackson Road in White Oak. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midriver | - | Widespread trees and power lines were blown down across the county. No major structural damage was reported to homes. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midriver | - | Trees were blown down onto power lines near Highway 252 and 3R Fish Camp Road. The time was approximate. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Midriver | - | Golf ball size hail lasted for 20 minutes and caused major damage to a residential garden. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rains Landing | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burnt Fort | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Goldsborough (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Tarboro | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hazlehurst | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mays Bluff | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q122555294 | 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 332383. 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.