BlockEgypt, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31312. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Egypt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,245 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 56 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 | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-014 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EFFINGHAM005 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-016 |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EFFINGHAM-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egypt in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down at Egypt Ardmore Road and Savannah Town Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 17 North and Pryor Road. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported 2 trees down along Highway 17 North. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along Highway 17 near Egypt, Georgia. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | Tree down on Griffin Lake Road at George Hurst Road. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $1,000 | Small trees reported down across Highway 17 near the Screven County Line. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $500 | The county warning point reported a large tree down across Highway 17. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | Several trees down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | Trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | 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.
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 Egypt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12889829 | 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 355649. 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.