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Screven County, Georgia

44 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Screven County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Sylvania, in 1927.
  • 2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 610 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings and 1 district.
  • 1 of the 5 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 38 populated places in this county; 38 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Old hotel in Dover, Georgia
Old hotel in Dover, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

5

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Brier Creek Battlefielddistrict2020100004899
Georgia Welcome Centerbuilding201111000959
Seaborn Goodall Housebuilding197777000443
Harris-Murrow-Trowell Housebuilding200909000187
Samuel Shepard Lines Housebuilding198383000240

Photographs from libraries nationwide

6 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 6 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Screven County Court, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Screven County Court, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
First Baptist Church, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
First Baptist Church, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Methodist Church, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Methodist Church, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
High School, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
High School, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Post Office, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Post Office, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Sylvania city square at night, Sylvania, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Sylvania city square at night, Sylvania, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

24 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,217 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 24 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:20500
1974-04-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:20500
1974-04-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-02-21, scale 1:80000
1977-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-02-21, scale 1:80000
1977-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1990-01-01, scale 1:24000
1990-01-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1990-01-01, scale 1:24000
1990-01-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1990-01-01, scale 1:24000
1990-01-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1990-01-01, scale 1:24000
1990-01-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

10 stations, 5 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

26 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 124-1Militia District 34: Sylvania city - That part Bounded by City limits; E. Ogeechee; N. Main, State Hwy. 24
  • 124-2Sylvania city - That part Bounded by City limits; State Hwy. 24, N. Main; W. Ogeechee
  • 124-3Sylvania city - That part Bounded by E. Ogeechee; City limits; State Hwy. 21, S. Main
  • 124-4Sylvania city - That part Bounded by W. Ogeechee; S. Main, State Hwy. 21; City limits
  • 124-5Militia District 34 - That part north of State Hwy. 21 and east of State Hwy. 24, outside Sylvania city
  • 124-6Militia District 34 - That part west of State Hwy. 24 and south of State Hwy. 21, outside Sylvania city
  • 124-7Militia District 35: Militia District 35 - That part east of State Hwy. 73
  • 124-8Militia District 35 - That part west of State Hwy. 73
  • 124-9Militia District 36 - That part north of Black Creek and White Hill Hoad and east of State Hwy. 21
  • 124-10Militia District 36 - That part west of State Hwy. 21 and south of White Hill Road and Black Creek
  • 124-11Militia District 37
  • 124-12Militia District 38
  • 124-13Militia District 80 - That part north of State Hwy. 21
  • 124-14Militia District 80 - That part south of State Hwy. 21
  • 124-15Militia District 259
  • 124-16Militia District 260
  • 124-17Militia District 1286: Hilltonia town
  • 124-18Militia District 1286 - That part west of Savannah and Atlanta Hwy. and north of Beaverdam Creek, outside Hilltonia town
  • 124-19Militia District 1286 - That part south of Beaverdam Creek and east of Savannah and Atlanta Railway, outside Hilltonia town
  • 124-20Militia District 1653: Rocky Ford town
  • 124-21Militia District 1653 - That part east of Sylvania Central Railway and Old Portal Rd., outside Rocky Ford town
  • 124-22Militia District 1653 - That part west of Sylvania Central Railway and Old Portal Rd., outside Rocky Ford town
  • 124-23Militia District 1676: Newington town
  • 124-24Oliver city
  • 124-25Militia District 1676 - That part east of Savannah and Atlanta Railway, outside Newington town
  • 124-26Militia District 1676 - That part west of Savannah and Atlanta Railway, outside Newington town and Oliver city

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,722 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,722 of them, burning about 9,194 acres. 87 started naturally and 215 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1053
Arson/incendiarism215
Equipment and vehicle use142
Natural87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Smoking51
Misuse of fire by a minor49
Recreation and ceremony29
Railroad operations and maintenance13

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Four of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 March 2000Arson/incendiarism586 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2000-BURKE-071
9 April 2002Natural406 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-SCREVEN-098
31 January 1993Arson/incendiarism249 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 January 2012Natural214 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SCREVEN-025
21 January 1997Arson/incendiarism170 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2014Debris and open burning162 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-SCREVEN-024
1 July 2011Natural160 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SCREVEN-001
24 March 2011Arson/incendiarism127 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-SCREVEN-109

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1967 to 2026

60 of 386 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 386 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 15 injuries and about $1,736,650 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind300
Hail53
Tornado23
Flash Flood6
Lightning2
Heavy Rain1
Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Tornado (F2)Sylvania7 hurt, $435,000Numerous trees snapped off or uprooted. The most extensive damage was approximately 3 miles north of Sylvania. In this area, there were 5 mobile homes destroyed, 1 business destroyed, 15 mobile homes with major damage and 5 mobile homes with minor damage.
November 1989Tornado (F1)not stated5 hurt, $25,000no account filed
January 2012Thunderstorm WindAltman1 hurt, $9,000Screven County Law Enforcement reported a tree fell on a Mobile Home, 1 mile south southeast of Altman, trapping the occupant inside. The occupant was rescued and transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
February 2007Tornado (EF1)Sylvania1 hurt, $9,000A tornado developed 2 miles east of Sylvania and traveled north-northeast about 6/10th of a mile before lifting. The maximum width was 35 yards, and the maximum winds were near 105 mph. This places the tornado in the upper end of the F1 category. This tornado destroyed a pump house, knocked a large tree branch onto a car, damaged a mobile home, an outbuilding, and uprooted and snapped several trees. Nearly a dozen large pecan trees were uprooted. Other pecan trees were damaged with large limbs broken off.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSylvania1 hurt, $200One person was hospitalized after a large tree branch fell on the individual.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLewis$275,000Straight line wind damage was observed 3 miles north of Sylvania, Georgia, beginning near Bascom Road and continuing east across Burtons Ferry Highway before ending east of the intersection of Route 24 and Friendship Road. The total length of straight line wind damage was approximately 5 miles, with a maximum width of 1000 yards. Nearly 20 homes sustained significant damage occurred to the greens at Briar Creek Country Club. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as well.
February 2020FloodMears$225,000Emergency management and media news outlets reported widespread flooding due to previous rainfall occurring earlier in the month and being slow to recede or runoff into rivers and waterways. Approximately 80 dirt roads throughout Screven County had some type of rut damage with 17 of them closed due to safety conditions or roads remaining inundated with slowly building or receding waters. Several dirt roads were considered washed-out due to underrunning pipe systems or waterways causing roads to fail after being submerged in water for an extended period of time. Road closures caused Screven County schools to be shut down while some residents could not return to their homes. Monetary amount of damage has been estimated based on the number of roads affected.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHunters$60,000The Public and Law Enforcement reported at least 100 trees down near the Hunters community along Highway 21...Airport Road...and Beacon Road between 323 pm and 345 pm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMears$50,000Numerous old Pecan trees and 10 inch diameter pine trees were reported down at Wade Plantation, at the corner of Highway 301 and Oglethorpe Road.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$50,000Tree down on house.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$50,000Part of a church roof blown off and caused damage to car windshields parked nearby.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSylvania$50,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a trailer and downed several large trees along U.S. Highway 301.
July 2013Flash FloodDover$30,000Screven County Emergency Manager reported that the Herbert Jacobs Dam has been breached. Large trees and debris were swept across Highway 17. Pond was emptied in about 20 minutes.
June 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1978Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1972Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDover$16,000The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree brought down power poles near the intersection of Effingham Highway and Highway 301.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHilltonia$15,000Law enforcement reported extensive damage to a storage building roof along with numerous trees uprooted along Forhand Lane and Hilltonia Creek Road, 1 mile northeast of Hilltonia, Georgia.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$15,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down into a house north of Sylvania and knocked down several trees near Rocky Ford.
June 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$12,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and powerlines.
July 2013Heavy RainNewington$10,000A Semi truck ran into a downed tree on Old Creek Road. The driver was transported to the hospital for injuries.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindSylvania$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down in three locations in Sylvania, Georgia between Main Street and Highway 21. One tree was reported down on a car at the local Mini Mart and another was down on a power line and caused a fire at a local business office.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDover$10,000Large oak tree was reported down on a trailer near the intersection of Jarroll Pond Road and Dorsey Clark Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHunters$10,000Widespread trees and power lines were reported down over southern Screven county near Hunters and Newington Georgia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHilltonia$10,000A wood barn was reported to have been blown over onto Hilltonia Perkins Road.
May 1998Tornado (F1)Newington$10,000An above ground swimming pool destroyed, out buildings destroyed, minor roof damage to homes and numerous trees snapped off or uprooted.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSylvania$6,000A electric company reported several trees down on power lines in Sylvania.
July 2013Flash FloodDover$5,000Several reports of road closures along Highway 301, including Capitola Road and Edenfield Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRocky Ford$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Scarboro Highway and Dixon Branch Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDover$5,000A trained weather spotter reported 3 large oak trees uprooted on Jarrell Pond Road, 2 miles east of Cooperville, Georgia. Several other trees and power lines were blown down, with several of the trees snapped at the top.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindParker$5,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees down along Scarboro Highway in Rocky Ford, Georgia.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNewington$5,000Numerous trees and powerlines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$5,000Numerous trees and powerlines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHunter$5,000Trees and powerlines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$5,000Trees and powerlines down in city.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSylvania$5,000Trees and powerlines down along Highway 21.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindMillhaven$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSylvania$5,000Several power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 21.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindHalcyondale$5,000Emergency management officials reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 1996Tornado (F0)Newington$5,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDover$4,750The media reported trees and powerlines down along with a damage to a carport.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSylvania$4,500A sheriff department reported one tree down on Mouth Of The Creek Road and minor roof damage to a residence on Brannens Bridge Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSylvania$4,000A county official reported numerous trees down along Effingham Highway and Capitola Road.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindSylvania$4,000A 400 yard wide by 800 yard long swath of damage was caused by a downburst. Over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped off. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 105 mph. Skirting was torn off several mobile homes, a mobile home was pushed 2 feet off its foundation. Shingles were torn of roofs from several homes, a pop up camper was flipped over and a satellite antenna was knocked over.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindRocky Ford$3,000Several trees were reported down between the 1800 and 2200 blocks of Old Rocky Ford Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLewis$3,000Several trees were blown down along Parker Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindZeigler$3,000Several trees were blown down along Bay Branch Road.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindSylvania$3,000Law enforcement reported 5 trees down in Sylvania, Georgia. An adult female was injured and taken to a hospital after colliding with a tree that was blown down on Statesboro Road.
June 2010LightningSylvania$3,000Lightning struck and split a powerpole causing the pole to block the intersection of Highway 301 and Buttermilk Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSylvania$3,000A trained weather spotter reported several trees down on power lines in Sylvania, Georgia.
June 2007Flash FloodZeigler$3,000A section of Parker Road was washed out between Buttermilk Road and Highway 21.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSylvania$2,750The Screven County 911 Call Center reported power lines and a transformer down on Mock Street.
May 2013LightningSylvania$2,500The Screven County communications center reported that lightning struck a tree which then fell on a car in downtown Sylvania.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBoyd$2,500A trained weather spotter reported trees and limbs down near Sylvania, Georgia.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindAltman$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds snapped off a few trees, damaged a shed, and destroyed a trampoline.
January 1972Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
April 1971Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
August 1968Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed

Every populated place in the county

38

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Screven County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Sylvania, Georgia

17 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1927

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.