BlockSchley, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Moultrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31768. It stands on Wolf Pit Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moultrie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
320 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Schley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 950 acres in total. 4 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 | 219 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-009 |
| 28 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT008 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schley in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schley | $50,000 | An irrigation pivot was overturned and blown into the road near Highway 33 north. A mobile home in the same area was knocked off its foundation with roof damage. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schley | - | Tree damage was reported just north of Indian Lake. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Schley | - | Nickel size hail was reported to be falling heavily from between Doerun and Moultrie. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schley | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Clarence Jones Road north of Moultrie. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schley | - | Trees were blown down near Rossman Dairy Road. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Schley | - | The public reported nickel sized hail north of Moultrie. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 322625. 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.