BlockThurston, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Greensboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30642. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greensboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Greensboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Thurston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 349 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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 | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GREENE-005 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020GREENE005 |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thurston in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurston | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported straight-line wind damage, with multiple trees down in a swath starting near Lake Oconee on Hwy 44. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurston | $8,000 | The Greene County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down along I-20 between exits 130 and 138. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurston | $4,000 | The Greene County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down in the Greensboro area including on Siloam Road and on Kevin Roberts Way. Objects were blown around in the parking lot of the Home Depot southwest of Greensboro. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurston | $2,000 | The Greene County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down along Highway 44 south of I-20. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Carey | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Veazey | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Siloam | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mosquito Crossing | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Greshamville | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Penfield | 8.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348727. 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.