BlockWinchester, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Marshallville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31057. The Survey maps it on the Marshallville quadrangle.
On record in Winchester
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Billy Placelisted 1980 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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
- 1972 USGS Marshallville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Winchester between 1992 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MACON-005 |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-010 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MACON-006 |
| 11 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MACON-005 |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MACON002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winchester in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 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 | Winchester | $2,000 | The emergency manager reported two trees down in Marshallville. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $500 | The Middle Flint Regional 911 Center reported that there were a couple of trees down in the Marshallville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowes Crossing | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Marshallville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Barrons Lane | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Lake | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Louis | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Four Points | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hicks | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 8.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326594. 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.