BlockOrange Springs, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Whigham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39897. It stands on Merritt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reno quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Whigham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Reno quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Orange Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,032 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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 | 230 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GRADY-007 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020GRADY012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofkee (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nickleville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Providence | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Magnolia | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Whigham | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Roddenberry | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Reno | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Boydville | 4.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342508. 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.