BlockScott, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adrian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31002. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Scott quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Scott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,702 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 59 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 | 230 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAURENS-031 |
| 28 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LAURENS035 |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LAURENS-027 |
| 28 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JOHNSON-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 lightning, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Scott | $250,000 | A survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF1 tornado, which originated in extreme western Treutlen county and briefly crossed into Emanuel county, continued into southern Johnson county, causing considerable damage to the city of Adrian on the Johnson/Emanuel county line. This tornado then continued to travel north-northeast through the extreme southeast corner of Johnson county before exiting once again into Emanuel county. The EF1 tornado traveled approximately three miles within Johnson county with a maximum path width of 440 yards. A good portion of the city of Adrian, the center of which lies in Emanuel county, lies within Johnson county. All together, at least a dozen homes, some mobile homes, were damaged in the Adrian community. A number of these were on the Johnson county side of the line. Two homes in a campground just northeast of Adrian were heavily damaged from downed trees. Numerous trees down throughout this area as a result of the tornado. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Scott | $250,000 | An aerial and ground survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the second tornado that originated in Laurens county five miles southeast of Dublin tracked northeast to east-northeast across northeast Laurens county into Johnson county, approximately three miles north of Kite, and then continued on an east-northeastward track lifting about five miles southwest of Kite. The overall tornado path length was 19 miles, of which approxmiately five miles fell within Johnson county. The maximum tornado path length was 100 yards with maximum winds estimated at 100 mph. The majority of the damage along this portion of the tornado path occurred just north of Scott, where several homes sustained minor to moderate damage. A church in this area sustained minor damage and a family life center suffered considerable damage when it was shifted slightly off its foundation. Elsewhere along the tornado path within Johnson county, damage was confined mostly to trees and some power lines. |
| August 2008 | Lightning | Scott | $150,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that two homes were struck and set on fire by lightning. One of the homes was on Georgia Highway 15 and the other was on Archer Pond Road off Georgia Highway 15, just northeast of Scott. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Scott | $50,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail near Adrian. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Scott | $50,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that a house was struck and set on fire by lightning in Scott. Minor to moderate damage to the structure was observed. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Scott | $50,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that a well pump house was burned and the fire alarm system at a nursing home were disabled by a lightning strike. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Scott | $50,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director relayed that numerous reports of quarter-sized hail were received from the south part of the county from north of Scott to Meeks and Kite, including the Moore's Chapel area. Golf ball-sized hail was observed near Meeks and also on Georgia Highway 15 south of Wrightsville toward Meeks. At least one home in the Meeks area sustained significant roof damage from the large hail. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Scott | $48,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail from the Scott area. As the thunderstorm moved east-southeast it intensified. The public and a trained spotter observed half-dollar-sized hail to golf ball-sized hail in Adrian along the Emanuel county line. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $2,000 | Reports of 2 trees down in the city of Scott. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $2,000 | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were down in the area from five miles north of Adrian to Meeks in the southern part of the county. |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $2,000 | The Johnson county 911 center reported trees down on U.S. Highway 80 between Scott and Adrian. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $1,000 | Tree limbs on SR 26 both directions at Lawton Smith Rd near Adrian, GA. All lanes closed. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $1,000 | A few trees and power lines down near Hwy 15 and Hwy 80. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $1,000 | Tree down along Pendleton Creek Road at Horton Hane. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $1,000 | Tree down along Poplar Springs Ch Road and 26. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $1,000 | The sheriff's office in Emanuel county reported thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down in Johnson county just west of Adrian near Highway 80W. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | $500 | Washington EMC reported tree limbs down on power lines. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott | - | Report of roof removed from a manufactured home on the 100 block of Columbia St. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Scott | - | The Johnson County Emergency Manager reported nickel sized hail. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Scott | - | The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail near and just north of Scott. This was from a second and different area of thunderstorms from those that earlier produced nickel-sized hail in the eastern part of the county just north of Kite. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Scott | - | The fire department reported dime size hail. |
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 322643. 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.