BlockWilshire, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31419. The Survey maps it on the Burroughs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1944 USGS Ossabaw Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ossabaw Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Burroughs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Burroughs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Wilshire between 1992 and 2017, burning about 657 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CHATHAM-003 |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-002 |
| 27 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilshire in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | $7,500 | The public reported trees down. A roof and chimney sustained damage. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | $5,000 | Chatham County Emergency Manager relayed a report of a tree down on a house on Hemingway Drive. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | $1,000 | The public reported a tree down on the north bound lane of Mcwhorter Drive on Skidaway Island. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | - | Chatham County Emergency Management reported several tree and large limbs down on Burnside Island. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wilshire | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of quarter sized hail at the Landings. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wilshire | - | A picture of quarter sized hail was relayed via social media. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | - | Chatham County Emergency Management reported a few trees down in The Landings area of Skidaway Island. The Landings public works department cleared the trees away. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilshire | - | A National Weather Service survey team confirmed a tornado near Skidaway Island. The tornado touched down in Romerly Marsh of Skidaway Island and was associated with the rainbands from Tropical Storm Hermine. The tornado moved northward into the residential area known as The Landings. More than 20 homes sustained roof damage from large trees falling on them after either being snapped or uprooted. One home in The Landings lost about one half of it's roof from wind pushing up on a large gable structure. Several other homes sustained minor to moderate roof damage. Hundreds of large pine and oak trees were either snapped or uprooted from the winds. The storm moved north at approximately 30 to 35 miles per hour and dissipated over the northern portion of The Landings, near the intersection of N Landings Way and McWhorter Drive. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Wilshire | - | Penny sized hail fell at Skidaway Island. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Wilshire | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Wilshire | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilshire | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tranquilla Woods | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Leedsgate | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Williamsburg Manor | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| White Bluff | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Windsor Forest | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oakhurst | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Welwood | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rivers End | 1.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694718. 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.