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Fernwood, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31404. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Fernwood within Chatham County

On record in Fernwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1992 and 2017, burning about 248 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-002
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-004
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Titanium, Pigment. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Douglas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Savannah Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1955

Every working recorded in Chatham County

Storms near this place

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernwood in 16 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFernwood$2,500A Chatham County emergency manager reported power lines down on Village Drive.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFernwood$2,500A Chatham County emergency manager reported power lines down on Old Louisville Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFernwood$2,000A spotter reported trees down near Gould Elementary.
June 2020LightningFernwood$1,000Broadcast media reported lightning struck a transformer and brought a tree down on Salt Creek Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFernwood$500Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Old Louisville Road and Dean Forest Road, one mile west of Garden City, Georgia.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down on Old Louisville Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down on Salt Creek Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Dean Forest and Central Avenue.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFernwood-The Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree and power line down on Dublin Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A large tree was reported down in the middle of Old Louisville Road at East Highway 80.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFernwood-An emergency manager reported power lines down at the 100 block of Beasley Road in Garden City.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFernwood-An emergency manager reported a tree down on the 1700 block of Old Dean Forest Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFernwood-An emergency manager reported trees down on Salt Creek Road near Highway 17.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindFernwood-Thunderstorm winds brought down power lines at the Pilot Travel Center near the intersection of Interstate 16 and Dean Forest Road.
July 2013Flash FloodFernwood-Road closed at the intersection of Dean Forest Road and Ogeechee Road due to flooding from torrential rains.
August 2010HailFernwood-A trained spotter reported dime to penny size hail.

Every storm recorded in Chatham County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunset Park0.2 miles17
Parkwood0.3 miles17
Fleetwood0.5 miles17
Oakland Park0.6 miles17
Camellia Terrace0.6 miles17
Victory Heights0.7 miles17
Thunderbolt0.8 miles17
Spring Hill0.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331703. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.