BlockPitts, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chauncey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31011. It stands on Rock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jay Bird Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Jay Bird Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Pitts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,486 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 59 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 | 201 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021DODGE008 |
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DODGE-014 |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DODGE012 |
| 2 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitts in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $1,000 | Tree downed across SR 165 at WPA Rd . |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $500 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down near Eastman, one near WPA Road and the other on Rozar-Goolsby Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Bird Springs | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sigurd (historical) | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Saunders | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cox (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chauncey | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Godwinsville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Achord | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lowery | 5.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348139. 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.
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.