BlockTweed, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30454. The Survey maps it on the Minter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Minter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
546 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 546 fires within 5 miles of Tweed between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,482 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 57 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 | 269 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-LAURENS-010 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LAURENS-020 |
| 4 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-LAURENS-025 |
| 30 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-LAURENS-019 |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAURENS-048 |
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LAURENS-013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tweed in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tweed | $2,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported widespread trees and power lines down east of the Oconee River and toward the southern part of the county. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tweed | $1,000 | Em reported tree down at Clayhill Rd near Thairdell Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tweed | $1,000 | Powerline down on the 400 block of Turkey Creek Circle. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tweed | - | Report of tree down at US-199 and Thairdell Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockledge | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lollie (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Minter | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lowery | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Catlin | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Old Condor | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hatoff (historical) | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Condor | 8.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346637. 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.