Scarlet, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31569. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Scarlet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,592 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 24 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 | 91 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 40 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 175 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CAMDEN-010 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-044 |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCREVEN-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarlet in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarlet | $30,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. One home damaged. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Scarlet | $4,000 | Homes on Thrift Road were surrounded by approaching flood waters. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarlet | $1,000 | Georgia DOT reported tree debris was blown down and blocking all lanes of state road 110 at Godley avenue. the time of the event was based on radar data. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarlet | - | A few trees were blown down near Old Jefferson Highway and State Road 110. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarlet | - | Trees were blown down across Colesburg. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarlet | - | Power lines were blown down onto a home due to trees being blown down on the power lines. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Scarlet | - | Penny to nickel size hail occurred west of Woodbine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plantation Point | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Tompkins | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Colesburg | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jefferson | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Woodbine | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Runnymeade | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hopewell | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Halifax | 4.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332989. 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.









