BlockPalato, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eudora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31064. The Survey maps it on the Farrar 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 Farrar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Palato between 1992 and 2020, burning about 624 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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 | 151 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-JASPER-010 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JASPER-003 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JASPER-002 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JASPER004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palato in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palato | $2,000 | The public reported that a number of trees were down along Georgia Highway 11 north of Palato and in the Eudora area of northwest Jasper county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palato | $1,500 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that more than six trees were blown down in the northern part 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Calvin | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blackwell | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hardys Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kitchens Store (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Creek | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alcovy Shores | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122564868 | 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 326447. 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.