BlockScarboro, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30442. It stands on Scarboro Branch. The Survey maps it on the Four Points quadrangle.
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.
- 1921 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Rocky Ford 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 Four Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Scarboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,223 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 55 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 | 148 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JENKINS-013 |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JENKINS003 |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-JENKINS-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarboro in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees off Old Savannah Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | $2,250 | The Jenkins County 911 call center reported a large tree down on a power line on East Old Savannah Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | $1,000 | Jenkins County Emergency Management reported a tree down on East Old Savannah Road near Aaron Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | - | A tree was reported down on Georgia Highway 17 South. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | - | Law enforcement reported trees down near Rocky Ford. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Scarboro | - | The Public reported golf ball size hail, 6 miles north of Portal, Georgia. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Scarboro | - | Screven County 911 relayed a public report of funnel clouds moving toward Rocky Ford, Georgia. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | - | Several trees, large limbs and power lines were down. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Scarboro | - | A tornado caused extensive damage to trees in the northeast part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramore Hill | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Four Points | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| South Millen (historical) | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Emmalane | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Millen | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Butts | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thrift | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Cushingville (historical) | 9.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356522. 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.