Limerick, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31320. It stands on Mount Hope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dorchester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dorchester quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
607 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 607 fires within 5 miles of Limerick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,100 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 184 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 | 269 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 184 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LIBERTY007 |
| 26 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Limerick: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Island Deposit | Molybdenum, Titanium | Prospect | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fleming | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Screven Fork | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Seabrook | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunbury | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| McIntosh | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Crossroads | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Limerick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65082028 | 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 316874. 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.










