Kildare, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30446. The Survey maps it on the Kildare quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Kildare between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,303 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 60 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-014 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-034 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-016 |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-009 |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EFFINGHAM-002 |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-EFFINGHAM-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kildare in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | $1,500 | Three trees were reported down in Kildare along Highway 21 North. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | $1,500 | Several trees were reported down on Springfield Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | $1,250 | Law enforcement reported power lines down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | $500 | One tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 21 North and Clyo-Kildare Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | $500 | One tree was reported down near the intersection of Highway 21 north and Green Morgan Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Multiple trees were reported down and blocking the roadway on Oliver Kildare Road between Pryor Road and Simpson Town Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Effingham County dispatch reported two trees down on Clyo-Kildare Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on power lines along Clyo-Kildare Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on Pryor Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Law enforcement reported 6 trees down at Pryor Road and Oliver Kildare Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a power line at the intersection of Highway 21 and Clyo-Kildare Road. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Kildare | - | A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud 2 miles east of Oliver, Georgia. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Few trees down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kildare | - | Trees down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Kildare | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Kildare | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332146. 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.








