BlockOld Damascus, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Damascus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39841. The Survey maps it on the Damascus 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
210 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Old Damascus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,578 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 | 125 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EARLY-003 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-007 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MILLER-001 |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EARLY-012 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY012 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY010 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Damascus in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Douglass Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Douglasville | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rowena | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| New Hope | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hentown | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cuba | 6.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 319964. 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.