BlockEulonia, Georgia
13 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. It stands on Buck Hill Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Eulonia quadrangle. 351 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Eulonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Eulonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
781 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 781 fires within 5 miles of Eulonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,095 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 337 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 | 337 |
| Debris and open burning | 302 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MCINTOSH-003 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 |
| 29 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eulonia in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | $15,000 | The McIntosh county Georgia Emergency Manager reported two trees were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds, completely destroying two vehicles. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | $5,000 | An emergency manager reported 30 trees down near the intersection of Highway 17 and Church Hill Road. One car was damaged. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | $5,000 | Several large trees were blown over by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | $750 | The public reported numerous small tree limbs down and a large oak tree limb down that was 6 feet in length and 6 inches in diameter, one mile north-northwest of Eulonia, Georgia. |
| March 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Eulonia | - | A member of law enforcement reported a funnel cloud near Highway 99 and Briar Patch Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | A report via social media indicated multiple trees down along Interstate 95. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported a tree brought down a power line on Young Island Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | McIntosh County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 57 and Highway 99. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | McIntosh County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 17 near Eulonia. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | Several trees down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eulonia | - | Numerous trees down on I 95 near mile marker 95. South bound lane was blocked for awhile. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Eulonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Harbor | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bellville Point | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Crescent | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Credit Hill | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Huxford | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Point | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ardick | 5.0 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 Eulonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709457 | 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 326271. 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.