BlockZeigler, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sylvania census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Carter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sylvania North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Zeigler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,071 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 29 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 | 166 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCREVEN-019 |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-010 |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeigler in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along Bay Branch Road. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Zeigler | $3,000 | A section of Parker Road was washed out between Buttermilk Road and Highway 21. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $1,500 | A few trees were reported down on Jenk Hill Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $1,000 | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down along Old Ogeechee Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $1,000 | The public reported one tree uprooted. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on a power line on State Route 21, 8 miles west-northwest of Sylvania, Georgia. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | $1,000 | Trees down on Shady Lane and Little Horse Creek Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a large tree down on Rocky Ford Road near Indian Trail Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported two trees down near Bay Branch Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Old Ogeechee Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeigler | - | A tree was reported down on Bay Branch Road. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Zeigler | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell in the 1600 block of Bay Branch 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 326603. 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.