BlockWeston, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31832. The Survey maps it on the Parrott quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
On record in Weston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Boyd Mill Placelisted 2009
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
- 1972 USGS Parrott quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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 | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020STEWART001 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020STEWART002 |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-STEWART-001 |
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WEBSTER-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2007 | Tornado (EF3) | Weston | 3 hurt, $1,000,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA concluded that a strong, violent, and long-lived EF3 tornado tracked across southeast Webster, much of Sumter, and far southern Macon counties. The tornado touched down near Chambliss on the Webster/Terrell county line and tracked east-northeast exiting the county into Sumter county near Bottsford. While the overall path length of the tornado was around 40 miles, the path length within Webster county was between seven and eight miles. While the tornado reached its maximum path width of 1.0 mile in Sumter county near Americus, it was determined to be less than this within Webster county. A path of significant damage was noted across southeast Webster county. A concrete block house and two machine shops on East Centerpoint Road just northeast of Chambliss were completely destroyed. Three injuries resulted from the damage here. Twenty-five feet of asphalt in front of the home was also ripped up by the tornado. On a nearby farm, five cows were killed when they were tossed about by the tornado. A tractor-trailer traveling on Georgia Highway 520 near Chambliss was overturned causing it to catch on fire and burn. Very nearby, at the intersection of Georgia Highway 520 and TV Tower Road, a 1096 foot Georgia Public Television transmission tower was destroyed when two-thirds of the tower was twisted off by the tornado and destroyed. Only 150 feet of the 1096 foot tower was left standing after the tornado passed. Numerous trees and power lines were also down in the area. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Weston | $100,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that the tornado that began in Randolph County and moved across southeastern Stewart County moved into Webster County at EF1 intensity, with maximum wind speeds of 104 MPH and a maximum path width of 880 yards, south of Goodwins Pond Road. The tornado continued moving east crossing Highway 41 and Highway 520 before ending around the intersection of Hudson Leverette Road and County Road 23. The damage was mostly to trees, power lines, and small farm outbuildings. One peanut farm storage building was destroyed, but fortunately the employees had been sent home earlier in the day due to the threat for severe weather. The owner of the farm had left minutes prior to the arrival of the tornado after receiving a phone call stating that Weston was in the path of the storm. No injuries were reported. [04/05/17: Tornado #3, County #2/2, EF-1, Stewart, Webster, 2017:062]. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $55,000 | The Americus Times Recorder reported that thunderstorm winds caused significant damage within Webster county. A total of 12 mobile homes, one brick home, a pole barn, and a sanitation shop sustained minor to moderate damage. The majority of the damage was from Lynn Lane at Georgia Highway 520 northeastward through the county. Numerous trees and power lines were down within this same area. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Weston | $30,000 | The Webster County EMS/Fire Department found damage along a 5.1 mile long, 300 yard wide path from an EF-0 tornado. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 80 MPH. The path stretched from just northeast of Weston along State Highway 41 to around the intersection of East Centerpoint Road and County Road 24. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along this path. Along County Road 26, minor roof damage occurred on two houses and the skirting along the bottom of a manufactured home was ripped off. A small shed was destroyed along East Centerpoint road. No injuries were reported. [04/07/16: Tornado #2, County #1-1, EF0, Webster, 2016:006]. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Weston | $15,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that the EF2 tornado that moved across Stewart County weakened to EF0 by the time it moved into Webster County along the Ichawaynochaway Creek west of Highway 41. The tornado moved only a short distance into the county before dissipating near the intersection of Highway 41 and Goodwin Cutoff Road. Despite weakening, the tornado still managed to snap large tree branches and overturn a large agricultural irrigation system around this intersection. No injuries were reported. [03/03/19: Tornado #14, County #2/2, EF0, WSebster, 2019:019]. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Weston | $2,000 | Two reports of golf ball-sized hail were received from the public in the Weston area. Radar data indicates that golf ball-sized hail likely fell from Weston east-southeastward to the southeast corner of the county. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $1,000 | The Webster county 911 center reported a few trees down near Weston. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $750 | The Webster County 911 center reported 3 trees down in Weston. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Weston | - | The Meritt Pecan Farm reported dime to nickel size hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Weston | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Weston | - | The sheriffs office reported quarter size hail. |
| January 1997 | Hail | Weston | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbrough | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Leveretts | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Centerpoint | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gooseberry (historical) | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Preston | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dumas | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Archery | 9.5 miles | 8 |
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 Weston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2021406 | 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 333396. 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.