BlockRudden, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eatonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. It stands on Weaver Branch. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Harmony quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Rudden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.6 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rudden in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudden | $25,000 | The Lake Oconee News reported that thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees in the far northeast part of the county. Several homes near Lake Oconee were damaged by fallen trees. Most of the damage was minor, however. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudden | $5,000 | The Putnam County Emergency Management Director reported that up to a dozen trees were down in the far northeast part of the county, about 10 miles northeast of Eatonton. Several of the trees were down on roads and several others were down on power lines. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Rudden | - | Social Media report indicated water over the roadway at Lower Harmony Road near Harmony Road due to high water on Glade Branch. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Rudden | - | The Putnam County Sheriff reported golf ball-sized hail in the Lake Oconee area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Glades Cross-Roads | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Spivey (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Turnwold | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Reids Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Phoenix | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| The Glades (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541248 | 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 332941. 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.