BlockParadise Acres, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Steam Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39845. The Survey maps it on the Fairchild quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Fairchild quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,508 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 | 188 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SEMINOLE-007 |
| 25 September 2016 | Natural | 88 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-SEMINOLE-002 |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE007 |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Paradise Acres: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairchild | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Desser | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Reynoldsville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lela | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Steam Mill | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Riverturn | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Neals Landing | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Little Hope | 13.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342421. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.