BlockSpooner, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fargo census division. It stands on Rooty Branch. The Survey maps it on the Spooner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Spooner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,570 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CLINCH009 |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 79 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 171 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-12 |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WARE-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Argyle | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Chauncey | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Traisville | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Paletree | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Magnolia | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Homerville | 11.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333103. 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.