BlockSunlight, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lumpkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31815. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Sunlight (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 423 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 | 58 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-STEWART-004 |
| 24 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-STEWART-003 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sanford | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Tilley (historical) | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Coffinton | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lumpkin | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Westville | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Roanoke (historical) | 8.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347366. 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.