BlockRowland, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31012. The Survey maps it on the Chester 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
- 1974 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,534 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 42 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 | 280 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rowland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowland in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowland | $12,000 | A trained spotter reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the 1500 block of the Chester-Cochran Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Yonkers | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bryant | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Roddy | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Empire | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Carne (historical) | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Beehive (historical) | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Plainfield | 10.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326501. 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.