BlockZingara, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30012. It stands on Little Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Zingara between 1992 and 2019, burning about 514 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 35 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-002 |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ROCKDALE-004 |
| 29 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DEKALB-001 |
| 26 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zingara in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2003: 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Lightning | Zingara | $50,000 | The public reported that a house was struck by lightning and set on fire. Damage estimates were indeterminate. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Zingara | - | The Rockdale County 911 center reported dime to nickel size hail in the northern part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McElroys Mill | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sardum (historical) | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Hi Roc Shores | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Milstead | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Capri | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Conyers | 6.0 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122557187 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333495. 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.