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Sea Island, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Simons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31561. It stands on Sea Island. The Survey maps it on the Sea Island quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Sea Island within Glynn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

8 of 16 photographs shown, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Aerial view of the privately owned Sea Island, a barrier island off the coast of Georgia
Aerial view of the privately owned Sea Island, a barrier island off the coast of Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia, that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia, that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned, wealthy enclave in Glynn County, Georgia that for more than 75 years has been a retreat for many of America's richest and most famous citizens
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Glynn County

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sea Island between 1994 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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 burning8
Natural6
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
24 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GLYNN-002
3 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2002Natural40 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GLYNN-001
15 July 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GLYNN-008
14 July 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GLYNN-007
28 June 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 1998Natural48 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glynn 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 Sea Island: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
German Village Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Glynn 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
Blackbanks1.4 miles17
Silver Lake1.4 miles17
Glynn Haven1.5 miles17
Wymberly-On-The-Marsh1.7 miles17
Devenwood1.8 miles17
El Dorado1.8 miles17
Wesley Oaks1.9 miles17
Harrington1.9 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545539The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333000. 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.