BlockQuail Hollow, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31558. It stands on Sweetwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Harrietts Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
227 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Quail Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 499 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 81 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-042 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-043 |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-009 |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | 10.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North River Marshes | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Harbor Pines | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Admirals Walk | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Riverview | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Shadowland | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Sugar Mill Plantation | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| River Oaks | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Marys | 2.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671411. 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.