BlockWhipples Crossing, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dudley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31021. It stands on Horse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dudley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Dudley quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
550 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Whipples Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 50 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 | 325 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-LAURENS-031 |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAURENS-036 |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LAURENS-003 |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-019 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whipples Crossing in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipples Crossing | $10,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported several trees blown down across the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shewmake | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kewanee | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Haskins Crossing | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bender (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Moores | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Laurens Hill | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Vincent | 4.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q122557088 | 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 326585. 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.