THE SCREVEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Screven County has 645.8 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Screven County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Sea Island Flatwoods, Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Screven County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains78.6%
- Sea Island Flatwoods9.9%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces6%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces5.5%
Southern Coastal Plain in Screven County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Screven County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Screven County, including Sylvania, Hiltonia, Rocky Ford. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Screven County by land and water
The Census records 10 square miles of water within Screven County, or 1.5% of its total area. That share is close to Screven County’s 1.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Screven County has 128 times the land area of nearby Sylvania city (5.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bulloch County, Burke County, Effingham County, Jenkins County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

