BlockSwords, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Buckhead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30625. It stands on Apalachee River. The Survey maps it on the Buckhead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Buckhead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Swords between 1992 and 2019, burning about 412 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019GREENE001 |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | PARK AND TROT |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-MORGAN-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swords in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swords | $10,000 | The Morgan County 911 center reported numerous trees down along I-20 in the vicinity of mile marker 125. Traffic was backed up along the interstate for well over an hour. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swords | $2,000 | The Morgan County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down along Apalachee Woods Trail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swords | $1,000 | Tree down near the Interstate 20 bridge over Lake Oconee. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swords | $1,000 | Tree down along Parks Mill Road near Alford Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Mill | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhead | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Creek | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bethany | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Smyrna | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Madison | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beacon Heights | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Canaan | 9.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333175. 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.