Screven County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Screven County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 3, 1998Tornado$435,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees snapped off or uprooted. The most extensive damage was approximately 3 miles north of Sylvania. In this area, there were 5 mobile homes destroyed, 1 business destroyed, 15 mobile homes with major damage and 5 mobile homes with minor damage.

2. May 11, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$275,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Straight line wind damage was observed 3 miles north of Sylvania, Georgia, beginning near Bascom Road and continuing east across Burtons Ferry Highway before ending east of the intersection of Route 24 and Friendship Road. The total length of straight line wind damage was approximately 5 miles, with a maximum width of 1000 yards. Nearly 20 homes sustained significant damage occurred to the greens at Briar Creek Country Club. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as well.

3. Feb 20, 2020Flood$225,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Emergency management and media news outlets reported widespread flooding due to previous rainfall occurring earlier in the month and being slow to recede or runoff into rivers and waterways. Approximately 80 dirt roads throughout Screven County had some type of rut damage with 17 of them closed due to safety conditions or roads remaining inundated with slowly building or receding waters. Several dirt roads were considered washed-out due to underrunning pipe systems or waterways causing roads to fail after being submerged in water for an extended period of time. Road closures caused Screven County schools to be shut down while some residents could not return to their homes.…

4. Aug 11, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Public and Law Enforcement reported at least 100 trees down near the Hunters community along Highway 21...Airport Road...and Beacon Road between 323 pm and 345 pm.

5. May 27, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Part of a church roof blown off and caused damage to car windshields parked nearby.

6. Jun 5, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous old Pecan trees and 10 inch diameter pine trees were reported down at Wade Plantation, at the corner of Highway 301 and Oglethorpe Road.

7. Jan 10, 2011Ice Storm, Screven$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Screven County Emergency Manager reported storm total ice accumulations of 0.50 to 0.75 inches across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed due to ice accumulation across the county.

8. May 27, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
9. Jul 13, 2013Flash Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Screven County Emergency Manager reported that the Herbert Jacobs Dam has been breached. Large trees and debris were swept across Highway 17. Pond was emptied in about 20 minutes.

10. Feb 12, 2010Heavy Snow, Screven$30,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Law Enforcement reported 3.0 inches of snow accumulation at the Screven county warning point in Sylvania, Georgia. Roads throughout the county were reported to be extremely dangerous with numerous traffic accidents.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°FJul 13, 1980

All-time low

1°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°FAug 25, 1996

Coldest day

25°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

12.75 inSep 27, 1929

Snowiest day

5.0 in2 times, most recently Feb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1990mean 68.9°F

Coldest year

1969mean 64.0°F

Wettest year

192971.38 in

Driest year

200126.29 in

Station Brooklet 1 W (USC00091266), 180 ft elevation, 24.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1925 to October 27, 2026; 96.6% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00091266.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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