BlockPine Lake, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bogart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30606. The Survey maps it on the Athens West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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
- 1964 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pine Lake between 1992 and 2017, burning about 228 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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 | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-002 |
| 13 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CLARKE-004 |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Oaks | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Swanson | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Holly Hills | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Estates | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Westwood Hills | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| McDonald | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Homes of Mansfield | 1.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672843. 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.