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Greyfield, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31558. It lies near Drum Point Island. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland Island South quadrangle.

Greyfield within Camden County

On record in Greyfield

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

12 surveys from 22 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Greyfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 149 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 5 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CAMDEN-043
9 August 1992Natural10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWELL HOUSE
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreGREYFIELD
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNATURAL OUT #3
21 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWOODSHED
11 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNEW ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greyfield: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Brunswick DepositTitanium, ZirconiumProspect1955

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Dungeness2.1 miles22
Stafford2.6 miles22
Highland Oaks3.3 miles18
North River Oaks3.3 miles18
Peter Point Oaks3.4 miles18
River Oaks3.4 miles18
Plantation Oaks3.5 miles18
Cypress Lake Estates3.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326312. 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.