Farmdale, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sylvania census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. The Survey maps it on the Hunters quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1918 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Oliver 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 Hunters quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Farmdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 919 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 33 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 | 187 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN004 |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-035 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmdale in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmdale | $1,500 | Law Enforcement reported 3 trees down near the intersection of Best Bridge Road and Twin Oaks Road, 4 miles south of Sylvania, Georgia. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmdale | $1,000 | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Statesboro Highway and Hillcrest Drive. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmdale | $500 | A Tree was blown down along Savannah Highway, 5 miles south of Sylvania. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmdale | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Halcyondale Road and Robbins Branch Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmdale | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down along Burgest Freeman Road. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Farmdale | - | A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail in Farmdale, Georgia. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Farmdale | - | A tornado knocked down numerous trees and power lines and overturned a car. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Altman | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| White Hill | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Goloid | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sylvania | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Resource | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hunters | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Waters | 4.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331697. 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.










