BlockPiney Grove, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Odum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31555. The Survey maps it on the Odum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Odum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
245 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Piney Grove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,338 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 35 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 | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WAYNE-019 |
| 29 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WAYNE-018 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WAYNE-017 |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-020 |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332685. 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.