Colesburg, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31569. It lies near Walker Swamp Island. The Survey maps it on the Woodbine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Kingsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodbine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Woodbine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Woodbine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Colesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 595 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 22 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 | 74 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 175 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CAMDEN-010 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colesburg in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Colesburg | $2,000 | Few trees damaged. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Quarter size hail was observed near the intersection of Colesburg Tompkins Road and US Highway 17. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Penny size hail was observed near Colesburg Tomkins Road. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Penny size hail observed along I-95 near Woodbine. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | Strong gusty winds were estimated between 55-60 mph near Colesburg Tompkins Road and Highway 17 south of Woodbine. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Colesburg | - | There was about 6 inches of standing water in yards and driveways in the town of Colesburg. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | Trees were blown down along the off-ramp of I-95 to Woodbine near the Satilla Bluff Road. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Colesburg | - | Penny to dime size hail was reported in Colesburg. The time was based on radar. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Colesburg | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billyville | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Plantation Point | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Runnymeade | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Scarlet | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Woodbine | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Halifax | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Seals | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Tompkins | 4.1 miles | 17 |
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 Colesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12889052 | 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 355239. 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.









