BlockSettlers Landing, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warner Robins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31088. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins SW 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.
- 1956 USGS Warner Robins quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Warner Robins SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
434 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Settlers Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,103 acres in total. 11 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 | 201 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-PEACH-001 |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PEACH-008 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Settlers Landing in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settlers Landing | $4,000 | The Houston County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around the intersection of Lake Joy Road and Feagin Mill Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tharpe (historical) | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pilgrim Rest | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Forest | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bass | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Turtle Creek | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sonja Heights | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Robins Forest West | 2.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671768. 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.