BlockTompkins, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kingsland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31569. It stands on Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Tompkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,380 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 22 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 175 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CAMDEN-010 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-030 |
| 31 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-041 |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hazlehurst | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bullhead Bluff | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Plantation Point | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Silco | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Colesburg | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mays Bluff | 5.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333244. 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.