BlockOconee Springs, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. It stands on Jenkins Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rockville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Oconee Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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 | 115 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PUTNAM-007 |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PUTNAM-008 |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HANCOCK-007 |
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PUTNAM-004 |
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PUTNAM-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oconee Springs in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oconee Springs | $15,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that strong straight-line winds up to 80 mph affected the northern parts of Lake Sinclair in southeastern Putnam county, near the Baldwin and Hancock county lines. A mobile home on Twisting Hill Road suffered damage. A loosely attached screen porch was thrown 20 yards from the mobile home and destroyed. In addition, at least 20 trees were also down in the area from these strong winds. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oconee Springs | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were downed at Oconee Springs Park. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Oconee Springs | - | The Emergency Manager reported flooding of Crooked Creek Road due to floodwaters from Crooked Creek. In addition to the 1 to 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 5 to 6 inches fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 Q122540963 | 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 347241. 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.