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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.

Scarlet within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

188 since 1992

Regional 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 burning91
Natural35
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Natural6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Natural40 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural175 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CAMDEN-010
27 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CAMDEN-044
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-SCREVEN-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindScarlet$30,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. One home damaged.
June 2012Flash FloodScarlet$4,000Homes on Thrift Road were surrounded by approaching flood waters. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindScarlet$1,000Georgia 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 2019Thunderstorm WindScarlet-A few trees were blown down near Old Jefferson Highway and State Road 110. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScarlet-Trees were blown down across Colesburg. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindScarlet-Power lines were blown down onto a home due to trees being blown down on the power lines.
July 2009HailScarlet-Penny to nickel size hail occurred west of Woodbine.

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Plantation Point1.4 miles18
Tompkins2.2 miles17
Colesburg2.6 miles18
Jefferson2.6 miles17
Woodbine3.0 miles18
Runnymeade3.4 miles18
Hopewell3.5 miles17
Halifax4.1 miles18

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.