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Snead, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Evans census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30809. It stands on Bettys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Snead within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Snead between 1992 and 2019, burning about 411 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 19 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-004
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

15 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snead in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 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
June 2013FloodSnead$48,000Emergency Manager reported heavy rains during the afternoon resulted in flooding in the Evans area where 2 to 6 inches of rain fell. One to three feet of water flooded the Mitchell Park area and the Windmill Subdivision.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSnead$4,000EM reported trees down on William Few Parkway.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSnead$3,000Dispatch reported trees down along Halali Farm Road.
May 2014FloodSnead$2,000NBC 26 in Augusta and the Columbia County Sheriff reported up to a foot of wath on the roadway at William Few Parkway at Windmill Plantation/Hwy 104 Washington Road in Evans.
May 2025Flash FloodSnead-Social media report with video showing swiftly flowing water from overflowing Uchee Creek onto Barnsley Dr flooding the road with trash bins floating down the street and causing property damage.
May 2025Flash FloodSnead-Multiple social media reports of significant water flowing across Furys Ferry Rd from Jones Creek out of its banks. Reports of water 2-3 ft high at the headlights of cars driving through the water.
May 2025Flash FloodSnead-Columbia County EM reported water over the road on Furys Ferry Rd near Southern Pines Drive at Jones Creek.
July 2024Flash FloodSnead-Columbia County Dispatch reported a creek overflowing Furys Ferry Rd at Southern Pines Dr.
July 2024Flash FloodSnead-Columbia County Emergency Management reported flash flooding at the intersection of Williams Few Parkway and Washington Rd in Evans.
June 2023Flash FloodSnead-Skywarn net controller reported at least 8 inches of water over roadway near the intersection of Furys Ferry and Southern Pines Dr.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSnead-Trees were downed at 918 Halali Farm Rd and 4758 Woodbridge Dr. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSnead-A large tree limb fell onto a vehicle that was parked in front of a restaurant at 1100 Fury's Ferry Rd. Minimal damage to the vehicle.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSnead-Report of trees down along Hardy McManus Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSnead-Sheriff reported trees down on Plantation Drive.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindSnead-Large uprooted tree off of Rivermont Drive.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Creek View0.4 miles25
Fernbrook0.4 miles25
Deerwood Acres0.9 miles24
Deerwood Estates1.1 miles24
Shenandoah Woods1.6 miles25
Chimney Hill1.8 miles24
Woodbridge1.9 miles24
Country Place2.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333079. 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.