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Meinhard, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Port Wentworth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31407. The Survey maps it on the Port Wentworth quadrangle.

Meinhard within Chatham 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.

Fires near this place

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Meinhard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,020 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 59 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 burning68
Arson/incendiarism59
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking3

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHATHAM-003
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Meinhard: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Finley Pit No. 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chatham County

Storms near this place

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meinhard in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013LightningMeinhard1 hurtOne person was struck by lightning and transported to hospital.
August 2021LightningMeinhard$40,000A Chatham County emergency manager reported a lightning strike setting fire to two homes under construction along Shoefstall Street.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-Chatham County Emergency Management reported a tree down at Benton Boulevard and Highway 30. This wind damage was a continuation of damaged associated with a storm that moved in from southern Effingham County.
May 2025HailMeinhard-Local broadcast media shared a social media video of quarter sized hail along with strong winds in the Port Wentworth area. In the video, a blown trampoline is resting against a house.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-Local broadcast media shared a social media video showing a thunderstorm wind gust snapping off several large limbs off a tree and onto the driveway of a home.
August 2025Flash FloodMeinhard-An emergency manager reported Benton Boulevard north of Pooler Parkway closed due to flooding. One vehicle was also stalled in the water.
August 2025Flash FloodMeinhard-Chatham County Emergency Management reported a car flooded near the intersection of Highlands Boulevard and Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard.
April 2023HailMeinhard-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along Jimmy Deloach Parkway at Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-The Chatham County Emergency Management Agency reported trees down near the intersection of Braxton Manor Drive and Meinhard Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a roof collapse on a large commercial warehouse along Crossroads Parkway.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-An amateur radio operator relayed a report of trees down at the intersection of Highway 21 and Interstate 95.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-An amateur radio operator relayed a report of trees and a power line down on Pinder Point Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a roof blown off a warehouse on Logistics Way.
August 2018HailMeinhard-The media relayed a report of quarter size hail on Hodgeville Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-Trees were blocking northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near the Georgia Tech Savannah campus.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-Law enforcement reported one tree down on a car and also power lines down along Georgia Highway 30.
October 2008Flash FloodMeinhard-Law enforcement reported a road closure due to standing water at the intersection of Maythrop and Augusta Street in downtown Savannah, Georgia.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMeinhard-Large limbs and several trees were down.

Every storm recorded in Chatham 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
Monteith1.1 miles16
O'Leary2.7 miles16
Port Wentworth Junction2.8 miles16
Mulberry Grove2.8 miles16
Port Wentworth3.4 miles16
Starland Park4.1 miles15
Pooler4.9 miles15
Garden City5.5 miles15

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 Q122563780The 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 318005. 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.

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.