BlockGeorgia, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67111. The Survey maps it on the Kingman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Georgia between 2008 and 2020, burning about 6,630 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1382 |
| 28 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1508 |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 40 |
| 1 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 acres | Kingman County | 1461 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 acres | Kansas Counties | PRATT SANDHILLS |
| 29 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgia in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Georgia | - | no account filed |
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 484664. 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.