BlockSterling, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31523. The Survey maps it on the Sterling quadrangle. 2,534 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1918 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
284 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Sterling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 64 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-GLYNN-002 |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 32 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterling in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | $3,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | $2,000 | Trees damaged with large limbs torn off and in roadway. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Sterling | - | A mesonet site 4 miles SW of Boys Estate measured storm total rainfall of 6.58 inches from TS Elsa. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | - | A tree was blown down near the Shady Acres Mobile Home Park. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Sterling | - | A mesonet site near Brunswick CW0041 measured a daily rain total of 5.41 inches as of 1605. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Sterling | - | A mesonet station CW0041 near Brunswick measured 7.21 inches of rainfall since late morning. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 99. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sterling | - | One inch hail and tree limbs were blown down about 2.5 miles east-southeast of the Highway 341 and Highway 99 intersection. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Sterling | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Sterling Georgia. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Sterling | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sterling | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brobston | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Frazers Crossing | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pyles Marsh | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Groveside Park | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shady Acres | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Anguilla | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Haven | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pennick | 2.8 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sterling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28455710 | 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 323583. 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.