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Carnigan, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Darien census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31305. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeville quadrangle.

Carnigan within McIntosh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

498 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 498 fires within 5 miles of Carnigan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,115 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 218 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
Arson/incendiarism218
Debris and open burning192
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1999Natural8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCINTOSH-008
29 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCINTOSH-012
27 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MCINTOSH007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McIntosh County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carnigan in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCarnigan$1,000A 911 call center reported 1 large tree down and blocking Mission Drive near the Tolomato Causeway.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCarnigan$1,000An emergency manager reported a tree down in Carnigan, Georgia.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCarnigan-McIntosh County Emergency Management reported several trees snapped along Mission Drive, including two homes that were damaged by fallen trees. Also, several trees were reported down along Tolomato Causeway as well.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCarnigan-The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 99 and Cowhorn Road.
April 2020HailCarnigan-Broadcast media relayed a report of at least quarter size hail near the intersection of Highway 17 and Smith Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCarnigan-The McIntosh County 911 Call Center relayed a report of a power line down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCarnigan-The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported 2 trees down on Highway 99 near Carnigan and at mile marker 13.

Every storm recorded in McIntosh 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
Meridian1.5 miles16
Ridgeville2.0 miles16
Ardick2.8 miles16
Ashintilly2.9 miles16
Valona4.0 miles16
Fairview4.3 miles16
Doboy (historical)4.3 miles16
Darien Heights4.4 miles16

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 Q122589472The 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 354999. 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.