Prescott, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Fort quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Prescott within Charlton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Burnt Fort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Burnt Fort quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Prescott (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 905 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 24 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	58
Natural	42
Arson/incendiarism	24
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	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
19 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-CHARLTON-002
7 August 2011	Natural	6.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-CHARLTON-008
7 August 1996	Natural	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-CHARLTON-006
23 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 1993	Natural	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Petersons (historical)	3.8 miles	10
Winokur	4.7 miles	8
Newell	4.7 miles	10
Mattox	8.3 miles	10
Cypress Siding	8.5 miles	10
Uptonville	8.5 miles	10
Racepond	9.1 miles	8
Homeland	9.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357786. 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.