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Zetto, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bluffton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39851. The Survey maps it on the Zetto quadrangle.

Zetto within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Zetto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 804 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 burning54
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAY-001
29 August 2014Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-CLAY-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zetto in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2019Tornado (EF1)Zetto$10,000A brief tornado touched down just west of Zetto and impacted a single family residence. Part of the roof was ripped off from an attached carport as well as a garage on a shed blown in. Trees were uprooted and large branches were broken off on the residence. Brick and shingle damage was noted as well as other debris thrown about the yard and well behind the residence.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindZetto-Several trees were blown down along Highway 37 in Clay county.

Every storm recorded in Clay County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bellville2.0 miles7
Jones Crossing3.8 miles7
Harrisons Mill4.1 miles7
Pecan4.4 miles7
Oakland4.7 miles7
Suttons Corner4.9 miles7
Fort Gaines5.9 miles8
Bethel6.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326605. 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.