BlockPickard, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunset Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It lies near Brooks Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sunset Village quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
473 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Pickard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,924 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 71 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 | 299 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-UPSON-003 |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-UPSON-012 |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON003 |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pickard: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D C Eller Bee Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickard in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | Pickard | $150,000 | The public reported hail the size of golf balls on Sandy Brook Circle. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Pickard | $50,000 | The Upson County Emergency Management Agency reported that a home was struck and set on fire by lightning in the far western part of the county. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Pickard | $25,000 | The Upson County Emergency Management Director and a storm spotter for the National Weather Service reported that three homes were struck by lightning in the western part of the county. Two of the homes only suffered minor electrical damage to appliances. The third home was struck on a gable end. A small fire was ignited in the attic as a result. Damage was minimal. All of the incidents occurred in the Thurston community, 5 to 10 miles west of Thomaston. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | $5,000 | The Upson County Emergency Manager and the Georgia Dept. of Transportation reported |large trees blocking two major highways, west of Thomaston. One was along Hwy 74 at Pickard Road and the other was along Hwy 36 at Antler Drive. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | $3,000 | The Upson County 911 center reported power lines blown down along Pickard Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | $2,000 | The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that at least eight trees were down in the northwest part of the county near Georgia Highway 74, northwest of Pickard, and at least four trees and several power lines were down just north of the Rock near the Pike county line. Doppler radar base velocities were around 60 knots at 4000 ft above ground level in these thunderstorms. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | $1,500 | The Upson County Emergency Manager reported several trees down in the western part of the county. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickard | $1,000 | The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that two power lines were down on the west side of Thomaston. In addition, rainfall of 3.1 to 3.6 inches was reported in a one to two hour period resulting in minor street flooding. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pickard | - | A storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail west of Thomaston in the western and northwest part of Upson county. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Pickard | - | The Upson county 911 center reported dime size 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencliff | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Barker Spring | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sunset Village | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Crest | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hickman Forks | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ellerbeetown | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hendricks | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hannahs Mill | 3.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332655. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.