BlockSibbie, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31001. The Survey maps it on the Sibbie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Sibbie quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Sibbie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,300 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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 | 180 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WILCOX-002 |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILCOX-008 |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILCOX-009 |
| 25 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | 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
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sibbie in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sibbie | $1,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Walker Road. |
| January 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Sibbie | - | A very brief tornado touched down along GA Hwy 215 South and|Falcon Circle, about 8 miles south of Abbeville during the late|afternoon hours of Sunday, January 2nd. The tornado, which showed|a very weak debris signature from KJGX snapped and uprooted|several large pines on within the Falcon Circle area,|particularly near the south entrance/exit off 215. In addition to|tree damage, a medium-sized shed was destroyed along with some|tin from the roof of one of the homes being pulled off. No other|damage was seen beyond Falcon Circle which gets into a very rural|area with no road access to the northeast. [1/2/22: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Wilcox, 2022:001]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Glen | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Browning | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Owensboro | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Statham Shoals | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Kramer | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Abbeville | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Rochelle | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Double Run | 13.4 miles | 7 |
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 Q122563622 | 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 333045. 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.