BlockNorwich, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rupert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31058. The Survey maps it on the Junction City 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 Junction City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Norwich between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,096 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 41 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 | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-019 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-018 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-016 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-017 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-015 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Norwich: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Silica Div | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howard Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Junction City Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Junction City Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwich in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Norwich | - | An EF1 tornado quickly spun up as it entered Taylor County near |the county line in the community of Mauk. Several trees were |snapped and uprooted along Mt. Zion Church Road. The tornado |continued east quickly intensifying to max intensity as it crossed|Hwy 90. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted on both sides of|Hwy 90. Also noteworthy were large clumps of grass pulled from |the ground in an open field on the west side of Hwy 90. The |tornado continued ENE where several homes sustained damage along |Henry Currington Road either from wind damaging the roof or trees |falling onto or near them. The storm continued along Henry |Currington Road where a chicken house was nearly destroyed and a |nearby home sustained minor roof damage and the barn was |completely collapsed. The tornado continued ENE into a largely |uninhabited wooded area where both radar and areal survey confirm |that it weakened and lifted. [4/5/22: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Taylor, 2022:005]. |
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 326426. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.