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Wilmington Park, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Tybee Island-Wilmington Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31410. It stands on Tom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wassaw Sound quadrangle.

Wilmington Park 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Wilmington Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 160 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 1994Natural1.5 acresWassaw National Wildlife RefugeTRUST
15 July 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1993Recreation and ceremony2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

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 Wilmington Park: 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
Wilmington0.9 miles15
Wilmington Island1.0 miles17
Woodridge Estates1.6 miles17
Turners Rock1.6 miles17
Harbor Creek2.2 miles17
Golden Isles2.4 miles17
River Oaks2.6 miles17
Whitemarsh Island2.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333438. 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.