BlockParkers, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rocky Ford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30455. It stands on Flat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Ford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Parkers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 756 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 27 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 | 99 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-BULLOCH-008 |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-010 |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasboro | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rocky Ford | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Woodcliff | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Zeigler | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ogeechee | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Double Heads | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Goloid | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Waters | 8.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332609. 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.