BlockWatson Crossroads, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Gaines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39867. It lies near Johnny Moore Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gaines NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fort Gaines NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Watson Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,138 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CLAY-001 |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAY-004 |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CLAY001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watson Crossroads in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watson Crossroads | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Cotton Hill Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Crossroads | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Days Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Garnersville | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cotton Hill | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bethel | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ricks Place | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pecan | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Jones Crossing | 6.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326581. 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.