BlockStuckey, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Glenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30428. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
545 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 545 fires within 5 miles of Stuckey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,203 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 68 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 | 304 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Smoking | 10 |
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 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WHEELER-015 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER009 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WHEELER-010 |
| 3 September 1993 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stuckey: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuckey in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuckey | $6,000 | The public reported a few trees and a power line blown down along Landsburg Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuckey | $4,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Old Glenwood Road and Lotts Creek Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stuckey | $3,000 | The emergency manager reported a few trees down in the north end of the county. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Stuckey | - | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported hail the size of nickels along Highway 280 west of Glenwood. |
| December 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Stuckey | - | A National Weather Service survey team found damage from an EF1 tornado with winds around 100 mph. Numerous trees had their tops sheared off along with hardwood trees snapped at their trunks.||[12/17/12: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF1, Wheeler, 2012:007]. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333147. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.