BlockNankin, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Empress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31643. The Survey maps it on the Nankin 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nankin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Nankin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Nankin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 887 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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 | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-BROOKS-012 |
| 27 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLD VALDOSTA ROAD (40) |
| 28 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nankin in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Nankin | $100,000 | Several roads and low lying areas were flooded, including portions of U.S. Highway 221 and State Highway 333 south of Quitman. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nankin | $1,000 | The Brooks county 911 dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Milton and Radford Roads. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nankin | - | A tree was blown down. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Nankin | - | This tornado was radar confirmed, touching down just west of Madison Highway in Brooks County and lifting before reaching I-75 in Lowndes County. Based on reports from emergency managers, only trees were uprooted or limbs snapped along the path of the tornado, with no structural damage reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empress | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| McIntyre Spring (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Baden | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Springs | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Durden | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Quitman | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Emerson | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Shiver | 11.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332463. 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.