BlockMoxley, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30477. The Survey maps it on the Louisville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1973 USGS Louisville South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Moxley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 539 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 8 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 | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JEFFERSON-010 |
| 20 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-JEFFERSON-008 |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JEFFERSON006 |
| 11 September 2018 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019JEFFERSON004 |
| 11 September 2006 | Smoking | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moxley in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moxley | $3,000 | The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down along Highway 1 north of Wadley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldreds | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Hill | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wadley | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Old Town | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bartow | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cunningham Corner | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Louisville | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Almira | 7.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 319092. 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.