BlockTarver, Georgia
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Echols census division. The Survey maps it on the Tarver quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tarver quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Tarver between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-ECHOLS-004 |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2013 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-ECHOLS-001 |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-ECHOLS-001 |
| 3 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-ECHOLS-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarver in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Tarver | $2,500 | Tornado was weak, with most of the damage at tree top level. Tornado developed in Hamilton County, Florida. |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Tarver | $2,000 | Tornado skipped along and just North of SR-94. Large trees and tops of trees were destroyed. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarver | - | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarver | - | Numerous large trees were blown down. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Tarver | - | no account filed |
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 333192. 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.