BlockWood Valley, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valdosta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31602. It stands on Twomile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Valdosta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
415 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Wood Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 79 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 | 185 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LOWNDES-006 |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dellwood | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Troupville | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Remerton | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mederer Acres | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Eager | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pebblewood | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Provident | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hallmark Heights | 1.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346381. 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.