Newington, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30446. The Survey maps it on the Oliver quadrangle. 290 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNewington fell from 322 to 290 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 322 | |
| 2010 | 274 | -48 (-15%) |
| 2020 | 290 | +16 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Oliver 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 Oliver quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Newington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 53 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 | 147 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-030 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-028 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-029 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-031 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-026 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-027 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-025 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-024 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newington in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2013 | Heavy Rain | Newington | $10,000 | A Semi truck ran into a downed tree on Old Creek Road. The driver was transported to the hospital for injuries. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Newington | $10,000 | An above ground swimming pool destroyed, out buildings destroyed, minor roof damage to homes and numerous trees snapped off or uprooted. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $5,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| November 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Newington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $2,000 | Law Enforcement reported a 10 foot by 16 foot awning torn off a patio, with metal support pipes broken in half, at a residence in Newington Georgia. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $1,500 | A new awning was blown off of a business. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $1,250 | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported power lines down near 9762 Newington Highway. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $1,000 | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported power lines down near the intersection of Oliver Highway and Highway 21. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $1,000 | The police reported 1 powerline down on Middleground Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down on Faith Temple Road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down along Ben Branch Road, one mile east of Newington, Georgia. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $500 | Numerous large tree limbs were reported down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | $500 | A few large trees were downed along Georgia Highway 21 one mile north of Newington. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Newington | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of nickel sized hail in Newington. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Screven County dispatch reported several trees down along Highway 21 near the Screven and Effingham county line. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | A report via social media indicated trees uprooted and snapped off near the intersection of Pryor Road and Newington, GA. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Newington | - | A police officer reported quarter size hail in Newington. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Woodpecker Trail and Runs Branch Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | A spotter reported 50 to 60 mph winds with a thunderstorm outflow boundary. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | A tree was reported down near the intersection of Sweetgum Street and Oliver Highway. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Newington | - | A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail 5 miles east-northeast of Newington, Georgia. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Newington | - | Dime to quarter sized hail covered the ground for a couple of hours. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Several trees down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newington | - | Trees down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Newington | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Newington | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Hail | Newington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Springs (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sheppards | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Middleground | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Stalco | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oliver | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hunters | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Springs | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eneck (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Newington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2779956 | 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 332497. 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.










