BlockPenfield, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Woodville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30669. The Survey maps it on the Penfield quadrangle.
On record in Penfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Penfield Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Penfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1941Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Penfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 536 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BOSWELL |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penfield in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penfield | $5,000 | The Greene County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penfield | $1,000 | The Greene County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees and power lines were blown down off Bairdstown Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penfield | $500 | The Greene County 911 Center reported that a tree was down on Pinfield Road and another tree was down on Veazey Road. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Penfield | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Penfield. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Penfield | - | The Greene county 911 center reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bairdstown | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Woodville | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Greensboro | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Union Point | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Temperance Bell | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Scull Shoals (historical) | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wrayswood | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Durham Town | 7.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329162. 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.