BlockToms Creek, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Martin-Avalon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30538. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Martin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
372 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Toms Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 527 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 64 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 | 186 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-012 |
| 29 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-010 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-009 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Eastanollee | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Avalon | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Martin | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hayes Crossing | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mize | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fighting Pine | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 5.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333245. 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.