BlockRaines, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31015. The Survey maps it on the Cordele quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Raines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 499 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 27 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 | 180 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CRISP-002 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CRISP-007 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raines in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Hail | Raines | $175,000 | The public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail near Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park in the far western part of the county, then quarter-sized hail further east toward Cordele. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raines | $2,000 | Trees down on powerlines in the 200 block of South Cedar Creek. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raines | $1,000 | The Crisp County Sheriff reported that two trees were blown down on Georgia Highway 300 near mile marker five west of Wenona. He estimated winds at 60 mph. The Crisp County 911 Center reported that an additional two trees were down on Old Albany Road near Raines. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Raines | - | The Crisp County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of penny-sized hail. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Raines | - | The Crisp County Emergency Management Director relayed reports of funnel clouds from the southwest corner of the county all the way to the northeast corner of the county from south-southwest of Raines to just northeast of Tremont. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milldale (historical) | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Marshall | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bridges | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hardin | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pateville | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Coney | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wenona | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Daphne (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332782. 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.