BlockStaunton, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lenox census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31637. The Survey maps it on the Lenox 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
358 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Staunton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 905 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 | 236 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COOK-020 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COOK007 |
| 3 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | 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
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staunton in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Staunton | $25,000 | A tornado touched down just north of Lenox near U.S. Highway 41 and Darden Road. It traveled northwest and passed over Interstate 75. Along its path, it downed numerous trees and heavily damaged a barn near Sugar Hill Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | $1,000 | A tree landed on the corner of an outbuilding on Darden Road with minor damage to the corner of it. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and resulted in a power outage along Sugar Hill Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | - | An irrigation pivot overturned off of Cranford Sumner Road east of Lenox. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | - | A tree fell across Highway 41 near Ed Lindsey Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | - | A tree was blown down onto Dougherty Rutland Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | - | Trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wagon Wheel | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Flat Ford | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Barneyville | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Laconte | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Chaserville | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Berrien (historical) | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nola (historical) | 7.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333120. 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.