BlockThomas Landing, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Townsend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31331. The Survey maps it on the Seabrook quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 506 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge | PWRLINE |
| 24 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-007 |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LIBERTY-007 |
| 22 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge | GILJE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellman Bluff | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Julienton | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brailsford (historical) | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| South Newport | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chimney Villa | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Harbor | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bellville Point | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fairhope | 10.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333214. 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.