BlockTazewell, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31803. It stands on Gin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tazewell North quadrangle.
On record in Tazewell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Old Marion County Courthouselisted 1980
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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tazewell North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Tazewell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 839 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 31 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 | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MARION-004 |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MARION-016 |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MARION-014 |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-MARION-007 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MARION-007 |
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 Tazewell in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tazewell | $28,000 | The Marion county 911 center reported that two trees fell down. One was a large oak tree that fell on a church in Tazewell, resulting in significant structural damage. The other fell down on a power line along county road 80 at Brantley. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Tazewell | $15,000 | The local Emergency Manager reported several roads washed out in the area, including Moody Road near Sandy Acres. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tazewell | $1,500 | Ham radio operators reported that trees and power lines were down near Highway 240 and Buck Creek Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tazewell | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down along Hwy 137 near Tazewell. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tazewell | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueville | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brantley | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Doyle | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Elmview | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Putnam | 8.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356586. 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.