BlockShawnee, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31329. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Egypt 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 Egypt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
323 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,712 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 54 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 | 187 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-014 |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EFFINGHAM005 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-016 |
| 11 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EFFINGHAM-015 |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-EFFINGHAM-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawnee in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $25,000 | An Emergency Manager reported two 3 feet diameter oak trees knocked down on Corinth Church Road. The Emergency Manager also reported tree limbs down and a small portable shop overturned on Old Dixie highway. The Emergency Manager also reported that an anchored oil tank was overturned and a roof was torn off a barn on Bird Road. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Shawnee | $5,000 | A lightning strike caused a minor structure fire in the 200 block of Douglas Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $3,250 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near the intersection of Clyo Shawnee Road and Springfield Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were reported down along Shawnee Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $1,000 | A state official reported a tree down and blocking both lanes of Springfield-Egypt Road. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $500 | Effingham County 911 Center reported 1 tree down on Corinth Church Road 3 miles Northeast of Shawnee. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on Shawnee Egypt Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | Effingham County dispatch reported multiple trees down and across Savannah Town Road. Most of the trees were at least 12 inches in diameter. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | The Effingham County Warning Point reported a couple of trees down at the 400 block of Shawnee Egypt Road and one tree down at the 1500 Block of Green Morgan School Road. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | Local law enforcement reported power lines down near Shawnee. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | The garage doors of Shawnee Fire Department were blown in. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Shawnee | - | The public reported quarter size hail at Rahn's Greenhouse off Old Dixie Highway South. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Shawnee | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | A trained spotter reported sustained winds of 55 mph with stronger gusts. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | Law enforcement reported that two trees were blown down near the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and Dewitt Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | One tree reported down at the 1000 block of Silver Hill Church Road. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Shawnee | - | Golf ball sized hail reported by the public near the intersection of Springfield Road and Old Dixie Highway. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Shawnee | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | There was one tree down and one treetop sheared off. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Shawnee | - | Several lightning started fires. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Shawnee | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Shawnee | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Shawnee | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Shawnee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65043194 | The 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 322811. 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.