BlockTarboro, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31568. The Survey maps it on the Tarboro quadrangle.
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.
- 1917 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Nahunta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tarboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Tarboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Tarboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,520 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 33 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 40 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-010 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarboro in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Tarboro | 1 hurt, $35,000 | Mobile home overturned. One house damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | $2,000 | Part of a roof was blown off of a store at the Intersection of County Roads 252 and 259. The time of the event was based on radar imagery and the cost of damage was estimated. |
| October 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tarboro | $500 | A spotter saw a tornado while driving near New Post Road and Highway 252. The debris from the vortex damaged his windshield and damage trees in the area. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Tarboro | - | A station measured 3.47 inches of storm total rainfall. Rain began around 6:50 pm. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Tarboro | - | A station along Incachee Road measured 7.25 inches of rainfall. Most fell after 6:50 pm. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | A tree was blown down across New Post Road just north of Tarboro. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Pine trees were blown down across Providence Church Road. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Tarboro. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Tarboro | - | Emergency Management reported nickel sized hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 252, about 1 mile south of Tarboro. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | A large tree was blown down in Tarboro and power was out in the local community. Trees were also blown down in Dover Bluff. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarboro | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 252 near Tarboro around 415 pm local time. By 420 pm, more trees were blown down onto power lines along Highway 17 near Woodbine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Goldsborough (historical) | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hopewell | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| White Oak | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Midriver | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Refuge (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rains Landing | 5.6 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 Tarboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12897644 | 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 333189. 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.