BlockMurphy, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Moultrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31768. The Survey maps it on the Coolidge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
310 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Murphy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,254 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 41 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 | 221 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT014 |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-018 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT006 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murphy in 2 storm reports in 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Autreyville | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ganor | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Center Hill | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| South Moultrie | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Weldon (historical) | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Moultrie | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332453. 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.