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The Landings, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31411. It lies near Skidaway Island. The Survey maps it on the Isle of Hope quadrangle.

The Landings within Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of The Landings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2006Natural105 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeFLORA HAMMOCK FIRE
4 August 2012Natural5.1 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeLOST FIRE
3 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-002
9 July 2020Natural4.0 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeRHODES
27 July 1994Natural1.5 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeTRUST
4 June 1997Natural2.0 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeF.HAMMOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of The Landings: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Savannah DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Marshwood at the Landings0.5 miles15
Skidaway Island1.4 miles15
Wymberly2.9 miles15
Wilmington2.9 miles15
Parkersburg3.1 miles15
Isle of Hope3.2 miles15
Burnside View3.3 miles15
Wormsloe3.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342361. 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.