BlockValona, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Darien census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31331. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doboy Sound quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Darien quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Doboy Sound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Doboy Sound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Doboy Sound quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
373 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Valona between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,306 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 164 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 | 164 |
| Debris and open burning | 150 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-012 |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MCINTOSH007 |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-MCINTOSH-002 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valona in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valona | $1,000 | The public reported one tree down along Highway 99. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Valona | - | A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail and winds as high as 45 mph in Valona, Georgia. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valona | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported by the public. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Crescent | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Meridian | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bellville Point | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Carnigan | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fairhope | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ardick | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Harbor | 5.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333316. 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.