BlockSaint Clair, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Keysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30816. The Survey maps it on the Keysville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Keysville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Saint Clair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,075 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 39 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JEFFERSON010 |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE006 |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BURKE-025 |
| 17 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019BURKE008 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Grove Settlement | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Brushy Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Le Roy (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gough | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dyes Crossroad | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Keysville | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elmore (historical) | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Drone | 7.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332955. 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.