BlockSalem, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Apalachee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Apalachee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Salem between 1992 and 2019, burning about 512 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MORGAN-003 |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | 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 Salem: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkinsville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turpin (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Elder | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Coventry | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Essex | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rose Hill | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Poplar Springs | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bishop | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Salem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65041563 | 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 329567. 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.