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.
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.
US Coast Guard Station-St. Simons Islandlisted 1998 · 0.4 miles away
King and Prince Hotellisted 2005 · 1.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 20 shown
- Architectural Remains of Fort Frederica National Monument (Map), Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Cannons Point, Kitchen Building (Ruins), Cannons Point, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Couper's Point, "Rest" House (Ruins), Couper's Point, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 18 photographs
- Fort Frederica, Captain John Mackay House (Ruins), Lot No. 6, North Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Fort Frederica, duBignon House (Ruins), Lot No. 7, South Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Fort Frederica, Foundation in Northeast Bastion, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Frederica, Francis Moore House (Ruins), Lot No. 20, North Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Fort Frederica, Hawkins-Davison Houses (Ruins), Lots No. 1 & 2, South Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Fort Frederica, Houston House Storage Bins (Ruins), Lot No. 3, South Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Fort Frederica, Humble House (Ruins), Lot No. 8, South Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Fort Frederica, John Callwell House (Ruins), Lot No. 3, North Ward, Saint Simons Islandfederal building survey, 12 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sea Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Sea Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Sea Island quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Glynn County
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 May 1994 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-036 |
| 25 March 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2000-GLYNN-066 |
| 17 March 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Druid Oaks | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kelvin Grove | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| The Meadows | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Simons Heights | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wesley Oaks | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mallory Park | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Island Retreat | 1.3 miles | 17 |
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.









