BlockMulberry Grove, 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
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,360 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | TAXI FIRE |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | HWY-17 |
| 13 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Savannah Refuges | UHAUL |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulberry Grove in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Mulberry Grove | - | Hail up to the size of quarters on the Houlihan bridge was reported via social media. The hail reportedly fell for about 10 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Leary | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Monteith | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Meinhard | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Port Wentworth | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Port Wentworth Junction | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Garden City | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wheat Hill | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Starland Park | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332447. 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.