BlockNameless, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cadwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31019. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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
- 1974 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
489 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 489 fires within 5 miles of Nameless between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 55 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 | 292 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-LAURENS-029 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAURENS-032 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LAURENS031 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DODGE-017 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DODGE-018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nameless in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Lightning | Nameless | $30,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported a barn burned to the ground due to a lightning strike in the 3000 block of Highway 338 south of Dexter. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nameless | $10,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported a roof blown off of a mobile home in the 2300 block of Antioch Church Road. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Nameless | - | Continuation from Dodge County -- The tornado continued ESE crossing Hwy 338 and reached peak intensity along Hwy 117 just to the NE of the Cadwell Community where numerous trees were uprooted and some damage to a home occurred due to falling trees. A porch cover was destroyed on a home along Moorman Ln. Damage became more intermittent as it continued east crossing Coleman Farm Rd, Hwy 441, S. Poplar Church Springs Road. Trees were also snapped and uprooted along Scotland Road and St. Mark Road before the tornado lifted in a wooded area east of St. Mark Road. [4/6/22: Tornado #4, County #2/2, EF-1, Dodge/Laurens, 2022:024]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musgrove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Alcorns | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dexter | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cadwell | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rentz | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Springhaven (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Alligood | 5.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346589. 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.