BlockNewsome, Georgia
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31606. The Survey maps it on the Indianola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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
- 1971 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
459 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 459 fires within 5 miles of Newsome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 93 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 | 254 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1996 | Smoking | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LOWNDES-016 |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LOWNDES-015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dasher | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Little Miami | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Macville (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Forresthill Estates | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jackson | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Woodgate | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Prescott | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346308. 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.