BlockRichwood, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vienna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31092. The Survey maps it on the Vienna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
354 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Richwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 47 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 | 218 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DOOLY-002 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DOOLY-006 |
| 4 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | 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
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richwood in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richwood | - | A survey team was sent to examine damage along the Crisp and Dooly county line and found a wide swath of damage, including dozens of trees down and 3 sheds/carports destroyed, primarily along and east of US Hwy 41 between Cordele and Vienna and along County Lin Rd east of Interstate 75, but damage was widely spread out and unidirectional. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Richwood | - | The emergency manager reported standing water and flooding over several of roadways in the southern and eastern portions of Dooly county. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rainfall accumulated quickly over the area, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Findlay | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lilly | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Drayton | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mars Hill Crossroads | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tippettville | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pinehurst | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Byromville | 12.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332850. 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.