BlockTownsend, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 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 Townsend quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Ludowici quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
393 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Townsend between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,966 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 242 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 242 |
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-006 |
| 24 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | 9.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Townsend in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | $2,000 | McIntosh County Law Enforcement reported 1 tree and power lines were blown down onto Blues Reach Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Steel Bridge Road and Highway 57. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Townsend | - | A McIntosh County emergency manager reported 0.75 inch size hail. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | - | A McIntosh County emergency manager reported multiple trees down. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Townsend | - | Penny sized hail was reported at the Townsend Bombing Range. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | - | The McIntosh 911 Call Center reported numerous trees down on Blues Reach Road near Cox Road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | - | Tree down over road at the Townsend bombing range. |
| October 2005 | Flash Flood | Townsend | - | Heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy flooded Murray Townsend Road. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Townsend | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| November 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Townsend | - | Tornado moved from southwest of Townsend to just north of Meridian. Numerous trees were down between these two towns and tin and gutters were torn from homes. Tornado was not on the ground continuously. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Townsend | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Townsend | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Townsend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7830152 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 324263. 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.