BlockO Neal, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31543. The Survey maps it on the McKinnon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mc Kinnon quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Mc Kinnon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of O Neal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,009 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 51 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 | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE015 |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BRANTLEY-010 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE012 |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinnon | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sun Hill | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Manningtown | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Broadhurst | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Screven | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Leake | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Slover | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pendarvis | 11.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332522. 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.