BlockTemperance, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Milan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31077. The Survey maps it on the Rhine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1977 USGS Rhine quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
236 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Temperance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 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 | 142 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TELFAIR-010 |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Smoking | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temperance in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temperance | $4,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported trees and power lines down across western portions of the county. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Temperance | $3,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. A few roads were closed because of high water. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temperance | $2,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that at least nine trees were down across the county, mainly in the McRae area. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temperance | $1,000 | The Telfair County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Chauncer Milan Road near Highway 117. |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Temperance | $1,000 | Lightning struck a shed setting it on fire, completely burning it to the ground. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temperance | $1,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down between the Dodge county border and Jacksonville, near Georgia Highway 117. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | 0.8 miles | 7 | |
| China Hill | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cobbville | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Milan | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksonville | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Workmore | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Neily | 12.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cedarpark | 17.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333204. 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.