BlockMount Calvary, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31020. It stands on Dogwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tarversville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Jeffersonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Tarversville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Mount Calvary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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 | 133 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 105 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TWIGGS-014 |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TWIGGS004 |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-004 |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-003 |
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 Mount Calvary: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville | Aluminum | Unknown | Residual | |
| Bauxite Sw Georgia | Aluminum | Occurrence | Kaolinite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Calvary in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Calvary | $1,000 | Tree down with damage to fence in the 1000 block of Adams Park Rd. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Calvary | $1,000 | The Twiggs County 911 center reported a tree blown down around the intersection of Highway 129 and Adams Park Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tarversville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Olive | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| District Path | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Huber | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Westlake | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Reids | 8.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334739. 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.