BlockOsierfield, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Holt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31750. The Survey maps it on the Osierfield 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Osierfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Osierfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 19 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 | 186 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osierfield in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osierfield | - | A tree was blown down across the highway in Osierfield. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Osierfield | - | Swallow Lane off Wray Road was flooded and closed. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osierfield | - | Report of a few trees down in Northeast portion of the county. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 320108. 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.