BlockRecovery, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Faceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39819. It lies near Bass Island. The Survey maps it on the Faceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Faceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Recovery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,591 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 26 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 | 99 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Natural | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Recovery in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | $100,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds damaged several houses and downed trees between River and Willow Roads. Reported by Decatur County 911. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down in southwestern Decatur county. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down on Booster Club Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | - | Trees were blown down along Faceville Highway near the county line. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | - | Trees were blown down near Recovery. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Recovery | - | A few large trees were down across a road off State Highway 97 South. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannatown | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Faceville | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jinks | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bethany | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Smiths Landing | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fowlstown | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bainbridge | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Attapulgus | 13.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Recovery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153542 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356487. 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.