BlockPeacocks Crossing, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31035. The Survey maps it on the Irwins Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Irwins Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Peacocks Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 30 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 | 176 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WASHINGTON-006 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peacocks Crossing in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacocks Crossing | $3,000 | Georgia Power reported several trees and power lines down across southern sections of Washington County. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacocks Crossing | $1,000 | Em reports a tree down at at smith pond rd and old savannah rd blocking the roadway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacocks Crossing | $1,000 | The 911 call center reported a tree down near intersection of Sunhill Harrison Road and Grady Mertz Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Irwins Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Riddleville | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tennille | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Hill | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hazard | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Tanner | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pringle | 8.0 miles | 7 |
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 Q122546321 | 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 326460. 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.