BlockWillie, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hinesville census division. The Survey maps it on the Willie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1920 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Willie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1941Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Willie between 1998 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018LIBERTY017 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willie in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Willie | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Liberty County. The tornado touched down just west of State Route 119 and crossed the roadway moving to the east. Along the brief path, the tornado damaged at least 100 trees. Numerous large trees were snapped off well above the ground. Several trees were also uprooted. The tornado lifted less than 2 minutes after touching down. |
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Willie | - | The United States Army Garrison at Fort Steward, Georgia found 850 full size trees downed in one of their training areas. Crew members of Fort Steward determined many downed trees were in a dropped matchstick pattern. A survey from air and ground confirmed EF2 tornado damage with estimated wind speeds between 115 to 125 miles per hour. The tornado occurred along a southwest to northeast path beginning at latitude and longitude coordinates 32.002, -81.708 and ending at 32.013, -81.708. The tornado path length was 0.80 mile long and approximately 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile wide. A total of 63 acres were damaged. The monetary damage was estimated at $425,000. Timber from the trees will be salvaged. No injuries or deaths resulted from this event. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willie | - | Thunderstorms winds knocked down trees along a 5 mile path in the northern part of the county. A few of the trees were blown across Highway 119. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willie | - | Tree down along highway 119. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Willie | - | Golfball size hail reported by Fort Stewart military police. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strum Bay (historical) | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dukes (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Strain (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Taylors Creek (historical) | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Darlot | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lida (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Trinity | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bryan Village | 9.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333436. 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.