BlockZuta, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31525. It lies near Rough Island. The Survey maps it on the Sterling quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1918 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Everett City quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Zuta between 1992 and 2019, burning about 652 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 24 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 | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-GLYNN-002 |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-GLYNN-004 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennick | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Frazers Crossing | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sterling | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brobston | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Leicht (historical) | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Anguilla | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Groveside Park | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Blunt (historical) | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Zuta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28950247 | 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 326606. 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.