BlockThree Points, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Summertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30441. The Survey maps it on the Midville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Midville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Three Points between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,726 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 38 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 | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL010 |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EMANUEL-014 |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-EMANUEL-017 |
| 12 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EMANUEL009 |
| 8 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-EMANUEL-004 |
| 31 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-EMANUEL-016 |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-EMANUEL-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Points in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Points | $1,500 | Parishioners at a local church and an employee of the Flat Creek Lodge reported several trees down on the east side of Summertown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Crossing | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Colemans Lake | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Summertown | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blun | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blundale | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Canoochee | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Modoc | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Old Dellwood | 10.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333223. 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.