Marlow, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Guyton-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31312. The Survey maps it on the Guyton quadrangle.

Marlow within Effingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Egypt 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 Guyton quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Marlow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,766 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 65 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	204
Arson/incendiarism	65
Natural	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Recreation and ceremony	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
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
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1994	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1993	Natural	7.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020EFFINGHAM006
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-EFFINGHAM-017
14 September 2011	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-BULLOCH-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Effingham County

Storms near this place

43 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marlow in 43 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 34 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	1 hurt, $8,500	An Effingham County emergency manager reported a tree fell onto police car near the intersection of Midland Road and Highway 17. The police officer transported to hospital with minor injuries.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$3,500	Law enforcement reported a tree on a house near the intersection of Midland Road and Courthouse Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$2,000	Broadcast media reported that Georgia 17 was closed at the intersection of Blue Jay Road and Courthouse Road due to trees on the roadway.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$2,000	Law enforcement reported powerlines snapped in two along Stagecoach Avenue in Marlow, Georgia.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$1,500	One tree and power lines reported down on Highway 17 near Lambert Road.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$1,000	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down due to thunderstorm outflow near the intersection of Courthouse Road and Midland Road.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$1,000	A trained spotter reported a tree down near the intersection of Midland and Blue Jay Street.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$1,000	Trees down on Highway 17.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$500	Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on Midland road near Highway 17.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$500	One tree reported down on Highway 17 near Blue Jay Road.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$500	Large limbs blown down and a tall pecan tree was leaning over.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	$100	Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were reported down.
April 2022	Hail	Marlow	-	The public reported golf ball size hail.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	The Effingham Warning Point reported a tree down on Courthouse Road near the Lonesome Oak neighborhood.
June 2021	Hail	Marlow	-	A Effingham County emergency manager reported golf ball size hail and damage to siding to an adjacent home near the intersection of Highway 17 and Midland Road.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	A Effingham County emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down between the towns of Guyton and Pineora, Georgia.
December 2021	Heavy Rain	Marlow	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center relayed a report of a tree down near the intersection of Midland and Courthouse Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	A fire department reported two trees down. One tree was down at the intersection of Midland Road and Helmey Drive. Another tree was down at Midland Road and Courthouse Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	A fire department reported a tree down at the intersection of Midland Road and Low Ground Road. Additional trees were reported down nearby between cross streets.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	An emergency manager reported trees and power lines down at the intersection of Standard Lane and Tusculum Road and at the 200 block of Church Road.
April 2017	Hail	Marlow	-	The public reported quarter size hail at a business on State Route 17 in Pineora, GA.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Georgia Highway 17 near Courthouse Road.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Marlow	-	A trained spotter reported that a pond overflowed and flooded Blue Jay Road near where it intersects with Highway 17. The road was closed and impassable for approximately 30 minutes.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Sand Hill Road and Boggy Bay.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	A fire department reported multiple trees and power lines down at Holly Circle.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported power lines down at Highway 17 South and Blue Jay Road.
June 2015	Hail	Marlow	-	The public reported golfball size hail at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Highway 17 North.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	The Public reported a tree down at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Highway 17 North.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	One tree reported down at Heidt Landing Road and McLaws Road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Law enforcement reports a tree down at Marlowe Road and Highway 17.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Law enforcement reports multiple trees down at the 700 block of Sandhill Road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Law enforcement reports multiple trees and power lines down at Sandhill Road and Murray Hill Road.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	The Effingham County Warning Point reported one tree down on a power line along Heidt Landing Road.
August 2012	Hail	Marlow	-	A report of marble to half dollar sized hail in Pineora relayed by broadcast media.
April 2011	Hail	Marlow	-	The public reported dime to nickel size hail 2 miles southeast of Marlow, Georgia.
April 2011	Hail	Marlow	-	Law enforcement reported quarter size hail on Courthouse Road near Midland Road.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	A trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts between 50 to 60 miles per hour.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	An emergency manager reported a 44 inch diameter tree blown down on Highway 17 near Blue Jay Road. A small truck hit the tree after it had fallen. The driver was killed.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Tree limbs that were 4-inches in diameter fell on a roadway.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Several trees and power lines were down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Trees and power lines down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Roof ripped off United Methodist Church.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow	-	Trees and power lines down.

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pineora	1.2 miles	16
Doswell	4.1 miles	16
Guyton	4.6 miles	16
Eden	6.6 miles	16
Rahns	6.6 miles	16
Blandford	6.8 miles	16
Spring Branch	7.4 miles	16
Coldbrook	8.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 317705. 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.