Southover, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31405. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle.

Southover within Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Southover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	33
Debris and open burning	27
Arson/incendiarism	21
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Smoking	4
Natural	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 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021CHATHAM001
25 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHATHAM-004
26 July 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Southover: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Douglas Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham 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
Union Junction	0.2 miles	15
Richfield	0.5 miles	15
Liberty City	0.6 miles	15
Ogeecheeton	0.9 miles	15
Tatumsville	0.9 miles	17
Staley Heights	1.0 miles	17
Tremont Park	1.1 miles	15
Cloverdale	1.4 miles	15

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 Q122551587

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 333092. 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.