BlockParksville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39846. The Survey maps it on the Bluffton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bluffton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany 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 Parksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 | 122 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CALHOUN001 |
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CALHOUN-001 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EARLY-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parksville in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parksville | $3,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turman | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Edison | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Arlington | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dickey | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Commissary Hill | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Moye | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Morgan | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Williamsburg | 9.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326453. 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.