BlockWithers, Georgia
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fargo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31630. The Survey maps it on the Haylow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Haylow quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Withers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-CLINCH-009 |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Withers: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Withers in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Withers | - | A tree was blown down on a home along Withers Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326597. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.