BlockTalmo, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dixie Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31552. It stands on Fullwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talmo 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
- 1971 USGS Talmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Talmo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 12 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-WARE-002 |
| 9 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARE-010 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WARE-010 |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARE011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Talmo: 1 occurrence. 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 | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talmo in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | - | Trees and power lines were damaged at Norman Gillis Road and U.S. Highway 158. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| December 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Talmo | - | A spotter reported a funnel cloud along Highway 158 near the Satilla River. |
| December 2009 | Hail | Talmo | - | A spotter reported penny sized hail along highway 158 near the Satilla River. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | - | Power lines were blown down along State Road 158, northwest of Waresboro. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q49368764 | 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 333187. 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.