BlockPetersburg, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Redbud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30734. The Survey maps it on the Oakman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Oakman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Petersburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,250 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 81 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 | 107 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHICKEN CREEK |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-015 |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-016 |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakman | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wheeler (historical) | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Colima | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Coosawattee (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Buff (historical) | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Audubon | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Fidelle | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ranger | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Petersburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987526 | 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 326464. 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.