BlockWhitemarsh Island, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tybee Island-Wilmington Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31410. It stands on Whitemarsh Island. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle. 6,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhitemarsh Island grew from 6,792 to 6,983 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,792 | |
| 2020 | 6,983 | +191 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Whitemarsh Island between 1992 and 2016, burning about 130 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-004 |
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge | TRUST |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Whitemarsh Island: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Titanium, Pigment. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Savannah Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Turners Rock | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Isle of Armstrong | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Thunderbolt | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bonaventure (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Camellia Terrace | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Harbor Creek | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Parkwood | 2.5 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 Whitemarsh Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2575984 | 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 1867247. 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.