BlockOchwalkee, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Glenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30428. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
456 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Ochwalkee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 56 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 | 281 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
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 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WHEELER-015 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER009 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WHEELER-010 |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ochwalkee: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Vernon Mine Montgomery Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt. Vernon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Alluvium |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122558830 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326435. 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.