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Saint Simons Island, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Simons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31522. It stands on Postell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sea Island quadrangle.

Saint Simons Island within Glynn County

On record in Saint Simons Island

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 20 shown

Every surveyed structure in Glynn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

8 of 18 photographs shown,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Retreat Plantation, Slave Hospital & Greenhouse, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Retreat Plantation, Slave Hospital & Greenhouse, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Couper's Point, "Rest" House (Ruins), Couper's Point, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Couper's Point, "Rest" House (Ruins), Couper's Point, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Frederica, Francis Moore House (Ruins), Lot No. 20, North Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Fort Frederica, Francis Moore House (Ruins), Lot No. 20, North Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Retreat Plantation, House (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Retreat Plantation, House (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Frederica, Captain John Mackay House (Ruins), Lot No. 6, North Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Fort Frederica, Captain John Mackay House (Ruins), Lot No. 6, North Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Frederica, Welch House (Ruins), Lot No. 5, South Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Fort Frederica, Welch House (Ruins), Lot No. 5, South Ward, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Frederica, King's Magazine (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Fort Frederica, King's Magazine (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Glynn County

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Saint Simons Island between 1994 and 2006, burning about 7 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 1996Natural1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 1994Natural1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 May 2001Natural2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GLYNN-036
25 March 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2000-GLYNN-066
17 March 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glynn 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
East End0.5 miles17
Druid Oaks0.8 miles17
Kelvin Grove0.8 miles17
The Meadows1.0 miles17
Saint Simons Heights1.1 miles17
Wesley Oaks1.1 miles17
Mallory Park1.2 miles17
Island Retreat1.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332958. 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.