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Sandy Run, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Devereux census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31087. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sinclair East quadrangle.

Sandy Run within Hancock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 25 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 burning126
Equipment and vehicle use30
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HANCOCK-002
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burning5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019HANCOCK004
21 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HANCOCK-004
14 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HANCOCK-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sandy Run: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kyanite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carrs Station MineClay, Fire Clay (Refractory), KyaniteProducer

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Run in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Sandy Run$15,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF1 tornado that first touched down in southeast Putnam county tracked into western Hancock county before lifting. As it moved into Hancock county, it weakened to an EF0 strength. The total tornado path length was about seven miles, of which approximately three miles fell within Hancock county. The maximum path width was 200 yards with maximum winds estimated to be 90 mph. Much of the tornado path was across Lake Sinclair, and as such damage was minimal. Damage within Hancock county was mostly confined to dozens of snapped or uprooted trees and several downed power lines. Some minor structural damage was reported to homes along the lake. There were no fatalities or injuries reported anywhere with this tornado.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #14, County #2-2, EF1, Putnam-Hancock, 2011:023].
November 2016Thunderstorm WindSandy Run$7,000The Hancock County 911 center reported several trees blown down in the Holiday Shores area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSandy Run$3,000Report of 3 large trees downed by strong winds at Big Water E Rd and Sheffield Dr.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSandy Run$1,000Tree reported down on the 200 block of River Ridge Trail.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSandy Run-Report of a tree down on Captains Ct.

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Devereux2.9 miles13
Buckhead (historical)3.7 miles14
Glenford (historical)5.4 miles10
Harpertown (historical)6.3 miles13
Howell Grove6.8 miles10
Beulah7.1 miles13
Zebulon7.5 miles13
Shoulderbone8.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332974. 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.