BlockWindward, 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. It lies near Lotts Island. 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
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Windward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | 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 |
| 31 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-003 |
| 27 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest River Farms | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Windsor on the Marsh | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Village Green | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Grove Point | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Berkshire Woods | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Grove | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Colonial Oaks | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Tranquilla Woods | 2.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333447. 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.