BlockMinter, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31027. The Survey maps it on the Minter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Minter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
686 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 686 fires within 5 miles of Minter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,787 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 74 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 | 353 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-LAURENS-010 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LAURENS-020 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-LAURENS-025 |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-LAURENS-026 |
| 30 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAURENS-031 |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAURENS-048 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minter in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $20,000 | The Laurens county 911 center reported extensive damage to a home. The roof was blown off and the house sustained considerable additional damage. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $7,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down across the southeast part of the county from near Scott on the Johnson county line southwest to Lowery. Some of the downed power lines caused grass fires as well. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $3,000 | The Laurens Emergency Management Director and the county 911 center reported that five trees were blown down in Minter and power lines were blown down in Dublin. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Minter | - | There were several reports of dime size hail by the public. |
| July 1999 | Flood | Minter | - | Laurens county 911 reported flooding of streets and low areas, particularly Georgia Highway 19 and US Highway 441. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lollie (historical) | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Catlin | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tweed | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rockledge | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Condor | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Condor | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bales (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Keenes Crossing (historical) | 7.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 318322. 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.