BlockWhitney, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Social Circle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30655. The Survey maps it on the Social Circle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Social Circle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Whitney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 452 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 76 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON002 |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitney in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 3 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitney | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down across the railroad along Whitney Rd. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitney | $1,000 | Report of tree down on powerlines near intersection of Pleasant Valley Rd NE and Mount Paran Church Rd. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitney | - | Report of numerous trees down with structural damage near the intersection of Mt Paran Church Rd and Brown Hill Church Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herndonville | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Alcovy Mountain | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cleaton (historical) | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pannell | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Social Circle | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Jersey | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ebenezer | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Monroe | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326590. 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.