Stafford, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31558. It stands on Stafford Island. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland Island South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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 Cumberland Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Cumberland Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Cumberland Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cumberland Island South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cumberland Island South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Cumberland Island South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Stafford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | WELL HOUSE |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | GREYFIELD |
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | NATURAL OUT #3 |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | JUDGE |
| 21 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | WOODSHED |
| 11 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | NEW ROAD |
| 7 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cumberland Island National Seashore | STAFFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stafford: 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Deposit | Titanium, Zirconium | Prospect | 1955 | |
| Cumberland Island Deposit | Thorium, REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Prospect | Beach Placer | |
| Cumberland Island | Zirconium, Titanium | Prospect | PLACER, MARINE | |
| Folkston Placer | Zirconium, Titanium | Producer | Beach Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greyfield | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Marianna (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dungeness | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Highland Oaks | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| North River Oaks | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| River Oaks | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Peter Point Oaks | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Plantation Oaks | 5.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326529. 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.











