Spring Bluff, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31565. It stands on Gowrie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Spring Bluff between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,419 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 51 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CAMDEN002 |
| 6 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Bluff in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Bluff | $2,000 | Large trees blown across power lines and lines downed on Dover Bluff Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Bluff | - | Several wires down in the Waverly and White | Oak areas due to thunderstorm winds. Time | estimated by radar. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Bluff | - | Trees were blown down in the northwest section of the county. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Spring Bluff | - | At 04:00 a.m. EST the Emergency Manager reported major flooding on the Camden County side of the Satilla River with twenty residences flooded. This included fifteen mobile homes which were evacuated. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Bluff | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Spring Bluff | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Spring Bluff | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogan | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Bluff | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Satilla Shores | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ella Park (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Waverly | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Red Bluff | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Glencoe | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lampadocia (historical) | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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 Spring Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580391 | 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 323356. 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.










