BlockWaresville, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Texas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30217. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Glenn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Waresville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,248 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-009 |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-32 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-007 |
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waresville in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresville | $100,000 | The Heard County 911 Center and the Heard County Sheriff's Office reported that more than two dozen trees were down across the county, and a number of power lines as well. Two homes in Franklin suffered extensive structural damage from downed trees. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresville | $7,000 | The Heard County 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down across the southern end of the county from Texas to Corinth. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresville | $5,000 | Heard county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked trees down, caused power outages, and blew 2 windows out of a house. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Waresville | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326580. 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.