BlockPine Cove, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Statesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30458. The Survey maps it on the Statesboro quadrangle.
On record in Pine Cove
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.
South Main Street Residential Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Pine Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 721 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 20 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 | 196 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BULLOCH-012 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BULLOCH007 |
| 22 September 2004 | Smoking | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BULLOCH-005 |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Acres | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Greenbriar | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Woodlawn Terrace | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Olde Towne | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Stadium Walk | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Georgia Southern | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Sussex Commons | 1.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350422. 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.