BlockGarden City, Georgia
15 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 31408. It lies near Kings Island. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle. 10,289 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021CHATHAM001 |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | HWY-17 |
| 11 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | CHEVY VAN FIRE |
| 9 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | KANASKI FIRE |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | 170 FIRE #2 |
| 8 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | 170 FIRE #1 |
| 5 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Garden City: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Garden City | $100,000 | The Chatham County Emergency Management Agency reported flooding of the following roadways or intersections in Savannah, Georgia, East Broad and Gwinnett, the 500 Block of River, 37th Street and Burroughs, Gwinnett and West Boundary, Legrand and 33rd Street, Drayton and 35th-36th Streets, Abercorn and Duffy, East Broad and Anderson, the 700 Block of East Henry, Bay and East Broad, Randolph and General McIntosh, President and General McIntosh, Martin Luther King Jr. and Hall, the 800 Block of Anderson, and East Broad and Henry. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $2,000 | A fire department reported two trees down along Main Street and Smith Avenue. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $1,500 | A tree fell down on a house on Rommel Avenue. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $1,000 | The Chatham county warning point reported a tree down on the west side of Savannah, Georgia. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported power lines down along Highway 21 in Garden City, Georgia. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $500 | One tree down across the roadway at Wildwood Drive and Smith Avenue. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | The Chatham County Emergency Management Agency reported a tree down on Smith Avenue near Main Street. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Emergency management reported a tree down on a power line near the intersection of Hickory Drive and Smith Avenue. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A shipping crane was tipped over at the Georgia Ports Authority. 91 mph wind gusts were measured at the Georgia Ports Authority at the time the crane tipped over. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | An emergency manager reported over 200 ship containers displaced from high thunderstorm winds at the Georgia Ports Authority. 91 mph winds were recorded on an elevated crane at the Georgia Ports Authority during the time of the event. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A peak wind gust of 91 mph was measured on an elevated crane at the Georgia Ports Authority. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | An emergency manager reported a tree fell on power lines and a house at 221 Byck Avenue. Another tree fell down near the intersection of Byck Avenue and Chatham Villa Drive over the railroad tracks. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Chatham County reported power lines down in front of a home in the 100 block of Smith Avenue. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Robert B Miller Road and Highway 307. |
| December 2007 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Aviation Court was reported to be flooded by the Chatham County Emergency Manager. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large oak trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Several trees and large limbs were knocked down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Porch taken off church, signs down and several trees down. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat Hill | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Chatham City | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rossignol Hill | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Woodville | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Central Junction | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sharon Park | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Woodlawn Terrace | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Clearview | 2.4 miles | 17 |
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 Garden City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2653626 | 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 331788. 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.