BlockPotter, Georgia
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Echols census division. It lies near Whiskey Island. The Survey maps it on the Tarver quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tarver quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Potter between 1992 and 2018, burning about 941 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NW 13 ST (24-04) |
| 26 September 1993 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2013 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-ECHOLS-001 |
| 3 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-ECHOLS-003 |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 98 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36TH DRIVE #2 (4-24) |
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 332745. 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.