Monteith, 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. It stands on Little Hearst Branch. The Survey maps it on the Port Wentworth 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.
- 1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Port Wentworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wentworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Wentworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Monteith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 793 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 43 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | HWY-17 |
| 11 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | CHEVY VAN FIRE |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | KANASKI FIRE |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | 170 FIRE #2 |
| 8 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | 170 FIRE #1 |
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 Monteith: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monteith in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monteith | $5,000 | Partial canopy collapse at the Circle K gas station on Highway 21. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monteith | - | Social media pictures showed damage to a gas station awning. Traffic signals were also down in the intersection of Augusta Road and Old Richmond Road. Also, several trees down in the area. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monteith | - | A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down on EMD Boulevard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meinhard | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mulberry Grove | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| O'Leary | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Port Wentworth Junction | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Port Wentworth | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Starland Park | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Garden City | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pooler | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326402. 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.









