BlockGreenville, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kingsland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31548. It stands on Mallets Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kings Ferry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kings Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 610 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 26 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 | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TACOMA TRAIL FIRE 2003-07-1092 |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 PROSPECT LANDING 2010-07-0486 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CAMDEN-004 |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 MUSIC RD 2007-07-0473 |
| 3 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Flood | Greenville | $800,000 | Widespread river flooding continued in southern Camden county due to historic flooding on the St. Marys River from heavy rainfall courtesy of Tropical Storm Debby. State Road 40 was closed between Kingsland and Folkston due to flooding. Numerous residences in Flea Hill were flooded and evacuated. About 37 homes in the Flea Hill area were flooded with river waters. The total cost of damage is still unknown, and for this recorded was estimated. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | $500 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Temple Church Road and Greenville Road. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Greenville | - | A mesonet site 9 miles west of Kingsland measured storm total rainfall of 4.23 inches from TS Elsa. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | The City of Kingsland posted information on Social Media that a tree was blown down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 40 and Colerain Road. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Kingsland. Dime size hail was also observed. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Power lines were blown down in Kingsland. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Trees were blown down near the St. Marys River west of Kingland. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Power lines were blown down at Highway 40 and Colerain Road in Kingsland. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | A car accident occurred in Browntown due to a tree down in the road. Injuries were unknown. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Greenville | - | Quarter to nickel size hail was reported west of Kingsland on Highway 49. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville | - | Central dispatch for the county reported a large tree blown down near the intersection of Browntown Road and Highway 40. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Hill | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Germantown (historical) | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Clarks Bluff | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Colerain | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Silco | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bullhead Bluff | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Martin Glen | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| The Meadows | 6.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331868. 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.