BlockPrather, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Celeste quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Celeste quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Prather between 1992 and 2019, burning about 529 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKES-001 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WILKES-011 |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019WILKES001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prather in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prather | $7,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down across the county from the Rayle and Tignall areas across Washington to near Aonia. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prather | $5,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported a small shed and a trampoline anchored with concrete footings damaged by winds north of Rayle. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prather | $4,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down north of Rayle. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Prather | - | The Wilkex County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of nickel-sized hail in the Tignall area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Town | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bessie (historical) | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brickhouse | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Armstrong (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Celeste | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Heights | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Callaway | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cohentown | 4.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332755. 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.