BlockOld Church, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30830. The Survey maps it on the Idlewood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Greens Cut quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Greens Cut quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Idlewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Old Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 34 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 | 158 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-BURKE-003 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE009 |
| 25 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BURKE-012 |
| 22 September 2001 | Smoking | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BURKE-013 |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019BURKE010 |
| 2 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BURKE-018 |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-BURKE-009 |
| 13 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury (historical) | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Idlewood | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Thomas Station | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Alexander | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hatchers Store | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Waynesboro | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Munnerlyn | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wilsons Store | 6.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348030. 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.