BlockPitts, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gray-Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31211. The Survey maps it on the Macon NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Macon NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Pitts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 828 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 33 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 | 228 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JONES009 |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-JONES-003 |
| 23 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JONES008 |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pitts: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Hitchcock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weston & Brooker Co Ruby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitts in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $2,000 | The Jones County 911 Center reported that two to three trees and two to three power lines were down in south central and central part of the county from near Postell to just north of James. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $500 | The 911 Center reported two trees down along highway 49. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumslo | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Postell | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| James | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Greenberry Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mountain Springs | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Morton | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Griswoldville | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Jones Acres | 4.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345385. 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.