BlockPaletree, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Homerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31634. The Survey maps it on the Homerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1968 USGS Homerville East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
303 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Paletree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,833 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 32 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 | 161 |
| Natural | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CLINCH-015 |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CLINCH-024 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLINCH-009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homerville | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Traisville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gillicon | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cutting | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Argyle | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fivemile Still | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mexico Crossing | 7.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q122598494 | 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 351308. 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.