BlockPowelltown, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Poulan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31791. It stands on Briar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tempy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1956 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Tempy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Powelltown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,143 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 | 114 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WORTH-005 |
| 22 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WORTH-003 |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WORTH-003 |
| 15 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powelltown in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powelltown | $5,000 | A light pole blew down on Meadows Road and damaged a car. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Powelltown | - | Flooding was reported on Wrights Chapel Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powelltown | - | A tree was blown down at Sizemore Farm. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Powelltown | - | Warrior Creek washed out a road in the area between Sumner Road and Meadows 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tempy | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Minton | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Anderson City | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Hill | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Scooterville | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gordy | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Poulan | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sumner | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326478. 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.