BlockNeedmore, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Echols census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31631. It stands on Wolf Bay Drain. The Survey maps it on the Needmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Needmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1994 and 2019, burning about 941 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2002: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Needmore | $10,000 | Trees blown down along highway 94 between Needmore and Fargo. Discontinuous 200 Yard wide debris field reported. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $3,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $3,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $2,000 | Several large Oak trees down in NWS Co-op Observer's yard. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $2,000 | Large oak trees were uprooted across Bethal Church Road. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | $100 | Large limbs down. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 319229. 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.