BlockMount Zion, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sparta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31087. The Survey maps it on the Shoulderbone 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shoulderbone quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1992 and 2018, burning about 702 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-019 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-017 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-018 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Zion in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Zion | $4,000 | The Hancock County 911 center reported 6 trees blown down near Highways 16 and 22. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulderbone | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Gum Hill | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Springfield | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Howell Grove | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Granite Hill | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sparta | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine (historical) | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Culverton | 7.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q35734835 | 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 348234. 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.