BlockSharphagen, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Donalsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39859. The Survey maps it on the Donalsonville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Donalsonville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
407 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Sharphagen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 793 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 | 283 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharphagen in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharphagen | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. Also, a large branch fell onto a car on Hagen-Still Road. Damage was estimated. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharphagen | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Burl Lane Road and Ed Miller Road. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharphagen | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on Burl Lane Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharphagen | - | A tree was blown down on S Tennille Ave. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharphagen | - | A tree was blown down on Three Notch Road north of Highway 84. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron City | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Donalsonville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Town and Country Estates | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lela | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Little Hope | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Riverturn | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Steam Mill | 8.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569288 | 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 333017. 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.