BlockNakomis, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zenith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31030. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reynolds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reynolds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Nakomis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 | 119 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CRAWFORD-012 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CRAWFORD-005 |
| 18 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-PEACH-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nakomis in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Nakomis | $100,000 | Broadcast Media relayed a report of a house fire along Pea Ridge Road. No injuries occurred, but the house was totally destroyed. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nakomis | $10,000 | The Crawford County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down between Crook Road and Tribble Road in the southern portion of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lee Pope | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Allon | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gaillard | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hammett | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Horns | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Francisville | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 11.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q122558056 | 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 326415. 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.