BlockGardi, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31546. The Survey maps it on the Jesup East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Jesup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jesup East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Gardi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 29 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 | 86 |
| Natural | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-018 |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WAYNE-017 |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE014 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE013 |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE011 |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardi in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Gardi | $60,000 | A weak F0 tornado with some areas of straight line winds. Damaged 10 homes and destroyed three sheds. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-431. |
| September 2020 | Lightning | Gardi | $1,000 | Lightning caused fire to a child's playhouse. The structure was completely burned. The cost of damage was estimated for Storm Data inclusion. The time of damage was approximated by radar and lightning data. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | $500 | Large trees were blown down along US-341. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | $200 | County emergency management shared a photo of a downed tree across Midway Baptist Church Rd and Lambert Bennett Rd. The time of damage was based off radar. The cost of wind damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion in Storm Data. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Gardi | - | Large hail was reported in Gardi. This was a public reported relayed via Social Media. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Gardi | - | Hail was observed in Gardi. The reported was shared via Social Media. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | A tree down was reported down across railroad tracks near the intersection of Hopkins Break Rd and HWY 27. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Large trees were blown down on Gardi Road. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Several trees were blown down with power lines blown down into streets, mainly in the Gardi area. There was a brief power outage in Jesup. A tree was blown down across the road SW of Jesup. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Two large pecan trees were blown down along Highway 341 southeast of Jesup near Penholloway. Limbs were down all over the Pecan Orchard. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Jesup along Georgia Highway 27. The EM estimated about 15 trees were down. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Numerous reports of power lines down along Highway 341 in Wayne County east of Gardi. The event time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | Trees and power lines were blown down from Gardi to Jesup. Damage near Gardi was along Highway 341. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Gardi | - | Near Little Creek. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Gardi | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Gardi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odessa | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pendarvis | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paradise Park | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Leake | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jesup | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Akin | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Slover | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Broadhurst | 7.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 314512. 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.