BlockRed Bluff Landing, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiltonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Comers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hilltonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Red Bluff Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 876 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN007 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-021 |
| 12 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millhaven | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hiltonia | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bascom | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jacksonboro (historical) | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lewis | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Burtons Ferry Landing | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Waters | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvania | 11.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326483. 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.