BlockRoss, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Comer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. The Survey maps it on the Carlton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Carlton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Ross between 1992 and 2019, burning about 550 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 37 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 | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OGLETHORPE-004 |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ross: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Sand Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kantala Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| New Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Royalty Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Service Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ross in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Hail | Ross | - | The Madison County 911 center reported penny size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Newtown | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Smiths Store | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Comer | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Paoli | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Vineyard Creek | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gholston Stand Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jeptha | 6.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332926. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.