BlockManningtown, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31546. The Survey maps it on the Manningtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1918 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Manningtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Manningtown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Manningtown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,970 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Natural | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BRANTLEY-009 |
| 16 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WAYNE-004 |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | 61 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WAYNE-008 |
| 29 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manningtown in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manningtown | $100 | A large tree fell across Manningtown Rd. | Photos were relayed social media. Time was | estimated by radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manningtown | - | A large tree was blown down across Manningtown Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manningtown | - | A tree was blown down in southern Wayne county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manningtown | - | A tree was blown down along Gardi Road. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548174 | 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 332312. 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.