Stillwell, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Guyton-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31329. The Survey maps it on the Springfield North quadrangle.

Stillwell within Effingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1919 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1939 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Springfield North quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Stillwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,263 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 99 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	171
Arson/incendiarism	99
Natural	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Smoking	6

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 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-EFFINGHAM-018
13 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020EFFINGHAM004
1 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-EFFINGHAM-001
8 August 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-EFFINGHAM-013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Effingham County

Storms near this place

24 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stillwell in 24 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$25,000	A emergency manager reported trees down on a barn causing it to collapse and damage to two other farm structures along Mock Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$20,000	A emergency manager reported trees down on roadway and on five homes along Ebenezer Road in the Brookstone subdivision. One home suffered moderate damage.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$20,000	A emergency manager reported roof damage to Ebenezer Middle School.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$10,000	A emergency manager reported trees down on three homes. Small trees were also uprooted an fences damaged on Ebenezer Road in the Cobbleton subdivision.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$8,500	A emergency manager reported trees down on power lines and roadway at the 800 block of Logs Landing Road. One tree fell on a house causing minor roof damage.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$3,250	A emergency manager reported trees and power lines down at the 2000 Block of Georgia Highway 119 North.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$1,500	The Effingham County Dispatch Center reported trees down on Union Spring Road, 3 miles north-northeast of Stillwell, Georgia.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$1,250	Law enforcement reported a tree blown down onto a power line on Route 307 between Wylly Road and Long Branch Drive 2 miles southeast of Stillwell, Georgia.
August 2020	Lightning	Stillwell	$1,000	The Effingham 911 Call Center reported a tree down by a lightning strike along Highway 119 North.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	$500	Law enforcement reported a tree down on Indigo Road near Stillwell Clyo Road, 2 miles north-northeast of Stillwell, Georgia.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	Effingham County Emergency Management reported a pine tree down across Bethany Road.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	Effingham County dispatch reported five trees down on Ebenezer Road.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	The public reported a tree down and causing roof damage at the 100 Block of Henry Court.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	An Effingham County emergency manager reported a large tree down on power lines along Stillwell Road and trees down on Log Landing Road between Stillwell Road and Shadowbrook Drive.
July 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Stillwell	-	A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred near Springfield in Effingham County. The tornado began just north of Stillwell Road and east of Mock Road at Mose Mock Farms where the tops of several trees were sheared off, large branches were blown down, and a carport collapsed. The tornado then moved northwest, snapping and uprooting several trees along Mock Road and in a field near a powerline easement. The tornado then strengthened as it turned north and moved along Wood Duck Way. Multiple homes on Wood Duck Way and Riley Court suffered minor roof and siding damage, two boats on trailers were lifted and overturned, a carport collapsed, and numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado then continued northward, crossing Highway 119 where it snapped and uprooted a few trees and knocked down powerlines before dissipating in a field just north of the highway. A vehicle ran into a downed tree on Highway 119 and the driver sustained minor injuries. The maximum strength of the tornado was estimated to be EF-1, with peak winds of 105 mph, particularly in the area of Wood Duck Way and Riley Court.
June 2019	Hail	Stillwell	-	The public reported half dollar size hail.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Stillwell Clyo Road and Wilson Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Union Springs Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	Effingham County Emergency Management relayed a report of trees down on a house in the 2800 block of Highway 119.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	Effingham County dispatch reported that Benjamin Gnann Road was temporarily shut down due to a tree down on power lines in the 1800 block of the road.
August 2012	Hail	Stillwell	-	The public reported hail up to the size of half dollars on Mock Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stillwell	-	A emergency manager reported roof and door damage to a aircraft hanger as well as aircraft damage along Mock Road.
June 2011	Hail	Stillwell	-	The public reported nickel size hail lasting 10 minutes.
May 2009	Hail	Stillwell	-	The public reported penny size hail along Ebenezer Road 2 miles south of Stillwell, Georgia.

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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
Birds	2.6 miles	16
Springfield	3.3 miles	16
Berryville	3.5 miles	16
Spring Branch	3.6 miles	16
Ebenezer	3.6 miles	15
Haddonville	4.1 miles	15
Rahns	4.7 miles	16
Rincon	5.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 323623. 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.