BlockWaverly, 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 lies near Clarks Island. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle. 281 people lived here at the 2020 count. 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
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Waverly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,742 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 23 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 | 59 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GLYNN-002 |
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CAMDEN002 |
| 21 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waverly in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2014: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $10,000 | Large trees downed by high winds. Power poles down with a few poles snapped off. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $5,000 | Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $3,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down along HWY 17. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines down. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $1,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Waverly | $500 | Weak F0. Large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down in Waverly. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down in Waverly. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 110 near Waverly. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Waverly | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Waverly between 5 pm and 5:15 pm. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down near exit 29 along Interstate 95. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down into power lines. The fire department was dispatched because residents detected smoke, but a fire did not develop. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Waverly | - | Dime to penny size hail was reported on interstate 95 between mile markers 22 and 26. The report was relayed through the 911 Center and Highway Patrol. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Waverly | - | The Waverly Fire Department observed quarter size hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Waverly | - | Penny size hail was observed at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 110 in Waverly. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | Trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 17 northeast of Woodbine. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Waverly | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Waverly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Red Bluff | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| White Oak | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Bluff | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tarboro | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Refuge (historical) | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hogan | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hopewell | 7.9 miles | 17 |
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 Waverly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709040 | 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 333375. 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.