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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.

Stafford within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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.

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.

Stafford Plantation, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA
Stafford Plantation, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Stafford Plantation, Playhouse, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA
Stafford Plantation, Playhouse, Saint Marys, Camden County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWELL HOUSE
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreGREYFIELD
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNATURAL OUT #3
3 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreJUDGE
21 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWOODSHED
11 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNEW ROAD
7 July 2000Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreSTAFFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brunswick DepositTitanium, ZirconiumProspect1955
Cumberland Island DepositThorium, REE, Zirconium, TitaniumProspectBeach Placer
Cumberland IslandZirconium, TitaniumProspectPLACER, MARINE
Folkston PlacerZirconium, TitaniumProducerBeach Placer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Greyfield2.6 miles22
Marianna (historical)3.6 miles18
Dungeness4.6 miles22
Highland Oaks4.9 miles18
North River Oaks4.9 miles18
River Oaks5.0 miles18
Peter Point Oaks5.1 miles18
Plantation Oaks5.2 miles18

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.