Scotchville, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31548. The Survey maps it on the Harrietts Bluff quadrangle.

Scotchville within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

1918 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Harrietts Bluff quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

338 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Scotchville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 704 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 118 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
Arson/incendiarism	118
Debris and open burning	71
Misuse of fire by a minor	65
Natural	31
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Smoking	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Recreation and ceremony	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
30 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-CAMDEN-042
29 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CAMDEN-009
17 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2006	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2011	Natural	37 acres	Florida Forest Service	ROAD 19 (45)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotchville in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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
May 2025	Lightning	Scotchville	$2,000	Lightning caused damage to electrical equipment at a business along Shadowlawn Drive. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	$1,000	A building under construction along the 100 block of Gross Road and a portable restroom were damaged. The restroom was displaced 20-30 ft. The time of damage was based on radar and a nearby weather observation of wind gusts of 45 mph. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	$500	A tree was blown down onto a power line along Scubby Bluff Road. The cost of damage was estimated.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	$200	A tree was blown down along Laurel Island Parkway near the intersection of March Harbour Parkway. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	A few tree limbs were blown down and dime size hail occurred near Kingsland along St Marys Road and Shadowlawn Drive. The time of the event was based on radar data.
August 2025	Heavy Rain	Scotchville	-	A personal Weather Station Osprey Cove PVH - KGASTMAR22 reported 2.68 inches of rainfall during the past hour.
August 2025	Flood	Scotchville	-	Flooding was reported in known poor drainage areas in the Kingsland area including Kingsland City Hall and at the intersection of Kings Bay Rd and E King Ave.
April 2022	Hail	Scotchville	-	The public estimated quarter size hail.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	Structure damage occurred to a Furniture Store on Commerce Drive near East Kings Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	Numerous trees and a backyard fence was blown down.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	A large tree was blown down and blocked Mariner's Drive. Utility wires were blown down near the intersection of Highway 40 and Kings Bay Road. Multiple trees were also uprooted in nearby neighborhoods by strong wind gusts.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	A tree was blown down in the Laurel Island Subdivision. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	Multiple large tree limbs were blown down in the Laurel Island and Lakes Subdivisions. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	Trees were blown down across the eastern part of the county. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2012	Heavy Rain	Scotchville	-	A former NWS employee measured 6 inches of rainfall since 6 am on Sunday.
May 2011	Hail	Scotchville	-	Nickel size hail was reported in Crooked River State Park.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	A retired NWS employee reported numerous trees down and estimated winds of 60 mph in Bristol Hammock Plantation.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Scotchville	-	A spotter reported several large tree limbs blown down along the Exit 1 ramp off of Interstate 95. The limbs were partially blocking the ramp exit. The time of the event was based on radar.

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mariners Landing	0.2 miles	18
Mission Trace	1.6 miles	18
Sugar Mill Plantation	2.1 miles	18
Shadowland	2.2 miles	23
The Lakes	2.3 miles	17
May Creek	2.4 miles	17
Deer Run	2.4 miles	17
Riverview	2.7 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326508. 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.