BlockPrattsburg, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Talbotton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31827. It stands on Potters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.
On record in Prattsburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
John Frank Mathews Plantationlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Prattsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Prattsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 704 acres in total. 2 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 | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TAYLOR-009 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TAYLOR-010 |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prattsburg in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Prattsburg | $7,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found a long-track tornado path across southeast Talbot County that briefly crossed into Taylor County before crossing back into Talbot County and ending. The entire path length was nearly 22 miles and the maximum path width was 700 yards. The tornado crossed back into Talbot County and continued northeast for a half mile as an EF-0 with maximum wind speed around 80 MPH and a maximum width around 100 yards causing mainly minor damage to softwood trees before ending. No injuries were reported. [04/27/17: Tornado #1/1, County #3/3, EF-0, Talbot, Taylor, Talbot, 2017:067]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ypsilanti | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Centerville | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Po Biddy Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Baldwinville | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Junction City | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paschal (historical) | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 9.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326480. 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.