Crescent, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Darien census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31331. The Survey maps it on the Shellman Bluff quadrangle. 838 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Shellman Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Shellman Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
649 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 649 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,675 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 293 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/incendiarism | 293 |
| Debris and open burning | 248 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-009 |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MCINTOSH-003 |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-012 |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MCINTOSH007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent | $4,000 | Law enforcement reported that a large tree fell on a car at the Pelican restaurant in Crescent, Georgia. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Crescent | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported that a lightning strike caused power lines to start on fire in the Crescent area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent | $1,000 | An emergency manager reported one tree down along the southern portion of Johnson Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Crescent | - | Broadcast media reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent | - | The public reported a large tree down in a residential back yard near the intersection of Cedar Point Road and Georgia Highway 99. Damage was sustained to a boat and storage shelter. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Crescent | - | A post office employee reported dime to penny size hail. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Crescent | - | Hail reported at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent | - | Large limbs and power lines were down throughout the community. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent | - | Numerous trees down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Crescent | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bellville Point | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fairhope | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Valona | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Harbor | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eulonia | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brailsford (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Meridian | 4.0 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 Crescent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184312 | 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 355371. 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.










