BlockPlainfield, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31023. The Survey maps it on the Cadwell 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
- 1973 USGS Cadwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
354 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Plainfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 45 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 | 212 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAURENS-034 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DODGE-021 |
| 3 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DODGE-018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainfield in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Lightning | Plainfield | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that lightning struck a home in Planfield. The lightning entered the home through the satellite dish mounted the roof. Heavy rain extinguished the resulting fire. Damage was minor. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainfield | $3,000 | The Dodge county 911 center reported that several trees were down on the roads. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainfield | $500 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down across a utility pole causing a power outage along Chester Highway in northeast Dodge county. |
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 332702. 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.