Spauldings Settlement, Georgia

17 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 31421. It lies near Pennyworth Island. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spauldings Settlement within Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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 Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Spauldings Settlement (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,820 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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	31
Arson/incendiarism	12
Debris and open burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	2
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
25 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHATHAM-004
4 July 2019	Natural	279 acres	Savannah Refuges	EAST MARSH
21 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	45 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 June 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 June 2008	Natural	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 June 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Savannah Refuges	FIFE 3
6 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Spauldings Settlement (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pigment. 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	Recorded
Douglas Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Savannah Plant Ti	Titanium, Pigment	Plant	1955
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
Savannah	1.3 miles	17
Robert M Hitch Village	1.6 miles	17
Clearview	2.0 miles	17
LePageville	2.1 miles	17
Pine Gardens	2.4 miles	17
Carver Village	2.7 miles	17
Savannah Gardens	2.7 miles	17
Gordonston	2.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694668. 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.