Grady County, Georgia

35 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

8 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Grady County within Georgia

What the record shows

1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Cairo, between 1912 and 1944.
3 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
371 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings and 2 districts.
1 of the 8 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 32 populated places in this county; 32 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

46 photographs, 1935 to 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Slaughtering a bull, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

A lumber planing mill. Cairo, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress

Stacks of lumber with tractor in planing mill. Cairo, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress

Young resettlement farmer with harrow, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Son of a farmer on Wolf Creek Farms project who has not yet been moved to a new house, Wolf Creek Farms, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Blacksmith and foreman, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Children of resettled farmer who has been moved into a new house, Wolf Creek Farms, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Cultivating sugarcane. Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

House formerly inhabited by family which has been resettled. Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Resettled farmer clipping mule, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Highway signs by lumber planing mill. Cairo, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress

Truck dropping building materials, Grady County, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Wolf Creek Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Grady County, Georgia. Racks for drying soya beans
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress

Pope's Museum, Grady County, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Cairo Commercial Historic District	district	1994	94000525
Dickey-Birdsong Plantation	district	1995	95000741
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School	building	2008	08000714
Evergreen Congregational Church and School	building	2002	02001260
Ochlocknee Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery	building	2010	10000924
Pope's Museum	building	2022	100007625
Sasser Farm	building	1983	83000230
Susina Plantation	building	1970	70000205

The county from the air

36 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,012 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 36 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-08, scale 1:57000 — 1951-01-08, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-27, scale 1:28400 — 1952-02-27, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400 — 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-11-20, scale 1:12000 — 1959-11-20, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-13, scale 1:19000 — 1968-02-13, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:30800 — 1974-02-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000 — 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000 — 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:65333 — 1979-11-16, scale 1:65333. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

4 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

CAIRO 1SW 1927 to 2021, hottest 40.6 C, coldest -13.9 C
CAIRO 9.2 NNW 2009 to 2026
CAIRO 3.7 ESE 2014 to 2026
CAIRO 0.6 N 2024 to 2026

TIRED CREEK NEAR CAIRO, GA 1943 to 1971

The 1950 census, district by district

28 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

65-1Militia District 553, Higdon: Militia District 553, Higdon - That part southeast of State Hwy. 111
65-2Militia District 553, Higdon - That part northwest of State Hwy. 111
65-3Militia District 576, Duncanville
65-4Militia District 621, Lime Sink
65-5Militia District 720, Whigham: Whigham town:
65-6Militia District 720, Whigham - That part east of road from south boundary of district, via Poor place and Whigham town, to north boundary of district, outside Whigham town
65-7Militia District 720, Whigham - That part west of road from north boundary of district, via Whigham town and Poor place, to south boundary of district, outside Whigham town
65-8Militia District 753, Cairo: Cairo city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; Fourth S.E.
65-9Cairo city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Fourth S.E.; City limits; South Broad
65-10Cairo city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; South Broad; Fourth Ave. S.W., State Hwy. 111; City limits
65-11Cairo city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by State Hwy. 111, Fourth Ave. S.W.; South Broad; City limits
65-12Cairo city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; State Hwy. 93, North Broad; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Fourth N.W.
65-13Cairo city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Fourth N.W.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
65-14Cairo city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Fifth N.E.
65-15Cairo city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Fifth N.E.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; North Broad, State Hwy. 93
65-16Militia District 753, Cairo - That part north of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and east and southeast of State Hwy. 111, outside Cairo city
65-17Militia District 753, Cairo - That part northwest of State Hwy. 111 and east of State Hwy. 93
65-18Militia District 753, Cairo - That part west of State Hwy. 93 and north of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Cairo city
65-19Militia District 753, Cairo - That part south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and west of Little Tired and Tired Creeks, outside Cairo city
65-20Militia District 753, Cairo - That part south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and east of Tired and Little Tired Creeks
65-21Militia District 1258, Ragans: Reno town
65-22Militia District 1258, Ragans - That part outside Reno town
65-23Militia District 1440, Spence: Militia District 1440, Spence - That part northeast of Newton - Thomasville Rd., from east boundary of district to north boundary of district
65-24Militia District 1440, Spence - That part southwest of Newton - Thomasville Rd., from north boundary of district to east boundary of district
65-25Militia District 1507, Blowing Cave
65-26Militia District 1558, Spring Hill
65-27Militia District 1641, Pine Park: Pine Park town
65-28Militia District 1641, Pine Park - That part outside Pine Park town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,527 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,527 of them, burning about 4,802 acres. 28 started naturally and 98 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	1102
Arson/incendiarism	98
Equipment and vehicle use	85
Misuse of fire by a minor	67
Smoking	61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Recreation and ceremony	38
Natural	28
Railroad operations and maintenance	9

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
18 March 2004	Arson/incendiarism	542 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 April 2010	Debris and open burning	214 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2010-GRADY-017
20 March 2017	Arson/incendiarism	161 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-GRADY-036
2 March 2004	Debris and open burning	101 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 May 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	65 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 March 2017	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-GRADY-030
19 April 2017	Arson/incendiarism	44 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-GRADY-044
15 March 2013	Debris and open burning	44 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-GRADY-025

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2026

60 of 226 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 226 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 33 injuries and about $19,729,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	162
Tornado	24
Hail	23
Flash Flood	9
Heavy Rain	5
Lightning	2
Flood	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2000	Tornado (F3)	Cairo	6 killed, 15 hurt, $3,500,000	A strong tornado tore through northern Grady County, then crossed into extreme northwest Thomas County. Fifteen homes were destroyed and numerous damaged. Fifteen persons were injured, mostly from flying debris. Six fatalities were confirmed by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency: four deaths in mobile homes and two in a woodframe home. Scores of pecan trees were uprooted, pine trees snapped and power lines toppled. Farmers suffered major losses to irrigation equipment, trailers and shelters. Eight chicken houses were flattened, killing a half million chickens. Grady County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Beachton	1 killed, $8,500,000	Many roads and low lying areas were flooded. More than 700 miles of county roads were were undermined by the flood waters. A teenage boy drowned when he fell into rushing flood waters of an overflowing lake in Deer Lake subdivision. A man was seriously injured trying to save the boy. Numerous homes in Cairo were flooded, with some inundated by water as high as four feet. Rainfall amounts ranged from ten to twenty inches throughout the county.
March 2001	Tornado (F2)	Whigham	9 hurt, $1,000,000	The F2 tornado raced northeast from just southeast of Climax in Decatur County to just southeast of Whigham in Grady County, then dissipated. Nine persons were injured, one critically. Ten homes were damaged and two homes destroyed on Piney Grove Road four miles southwest of Whigham. A half dozen homes were damaged two miles southwest of Whigham at the intersection of Attapulgus and Cleon Roads. Additionally, ten barns and sheds were damaged and eight trailers destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines down with outages. Reported by the Grady County EMA and a SKYWARN storm spotter.
December 1970	Tornado (F2)	not stated	4 hurt, $2,500	no account filed
April 1971	Tornado (F2)	not stated	2 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
March 2019	Tornado (EF2)	Cairo	2 hurt, $1,000,000	An EF-2 tornado, with maximum winds of 120 mph, tracked 2.7 miles across Grady County in the Cairo area. The tornado touched down on Monrovia Nursery, downing 100s of potted plants and numerous trees in the forest. The tornado continued to track\|northeastward, downing numerous trees, many of which fell on homes causing structural damage. In one of the harder hit areas, the roof was torn off of a single family home and a carport was destroyed. The tornado eventually lifted northeast of Hwy 84. Two injuries were sustained from the storm. Damage cost was estimated.
February 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Capel	1 hurt, $150,000	The same supercell thunderstorm which spawned the brief EF0 tornado in southeast Decatur County produced an EF1 tornado just west of State Highway 93 on Courtney Lane. Mobile homes along Courtney Lane suffered minor roof damage and skirting was torn from their bases. Also, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado traveled northeast and uprooted several trees near two homes on Shorty Lane. A mobile home lost portions of its roof. A single family home lost a few shingles off its roof. Two homes east of Shorty Lane on Wilcox Road were damaged. The tornado then moved along Pine Forest Road east of State Highway 111. About a mile up Pine Forest Road, a mobile home was destroyed with the free standing carport tossed 200 yards into the nearby forest. The occupant of the mobile home was injured when it rolled over. The roof and exterior walls were destroyed. The frame remained attached to the undercarriage of the mobile home.
February 2009	Tornado (EF2)	Princes Still	$1,000,000	A tornado touched down near Rawls and Lewis Roads just west of Georgia Highway 93. Damage along Rawls Road was limited to uprooted or snapped trees. One horse trailer was tipped over. The tornado continued eastward and moved a double wide modular home off its foundation on the west side of Holstein Lane. On the east side of Holstein Lane, a large cinder-block building was severely damaged, with the top level of the structure destroyed and lower west- and south-side facing walls collapsed. Three large grain silos south of the building were damaged or destroyed, and two large barns 50 yards to the east were destroyed. The tornado crossed Georgia Highway 93 just north of Lewis Road and plowed through a pine forest along the north side of Lower Cairo Road. Before crossing into Thomas County, over 95 percent of the trees near Plantation Drive adjacent to Lower Cairo Road were snapped. According to the Grady County Emergency Management Agency, a total of 15 homes were damaged, with about 300 residents without power.
April 2025	Tornado (EF1)	Akridge	$500,000	This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 110 mph. The tornado initially touched down in a wooded area just west of GA-111 in Northeastern Grady County. Some initial damage to a structure and further tree damage was noted along Rich Road. The tornado continued along an intermittent path before producing more concentrated damage in the area just along and east of Akridge Road near the intersection with New Hope Road. Damage in this area included a single wide mobile home that was completely destroyed. This mobile home had straps securing it to the ground, and one of these straps along with the support frame of the mobile home was lifted out of the ground. Two other single and double wide homes in this area had some structural damage and debris impacts from trees and the adjacent destroyed mobile home. The tornado continues along New Hope Road where it destroyed a barn and continued to snap numerous pine trees in a wooded area crossing Popes Store Road. After crossing Popes Store Road, the tornado caused significant tree damage with widespread pine trees snapped and some live oaks also snapped in the area along Sammie Bulloch Road just east of Barnetts Creek. Two residences in this area were struck by the snapped large pines. The tornado began to weaken when crossing into Thomas County, with the last incident of damage occurring in an area of smaller pine trees near Maddox and Malloy Road. The parent circulation appeared to persist while crossing US-19 based on reports received, though no observed damage was seen across the remainder of Northern Thomas County between Ochlockonee and Meigs.
November 1995	Tornado (F1)	Cairo	$200,000	A tornado caused intermittent damage on a track parallel to GA Highway 188. One unoccupied moble home was completely destroyed. Several other frame homes received serious damage.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$150,000	Straight-line winds whipped through the Cairo Country Club area, uprooting and snapping off pine trees, and downing power lines. In the new neighborhood of Hawthorne Trails, the winds destroyed 60 percent of the wood trusses of a frame house. The storm then moved across Lake Jenna and dissipated before reaching Sutton Mill Road NW. About 35 homes in the country club area were without power for nearly four hours. Damage to homes was minimal. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
September 2004	Tornado (F1)	Whigham	$150,000	A tornado damaged five homes and several chicken houses in Whigham. Numerous downed trees and power lines blocked several roads along its path. Reported by the Grady County EMA
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$100,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Cairo with trees down on several houses.
November 1995	Tornado (F1)	Nickleville	$100,000	A tornado blew down many large trees and damaged five residences.
February 2003	Tornado (F1)	Cairo	$75,000	A tornado briefly touched down on Ridge Road, just south of the Grady-Mitchell county line. It damaged two homes, and knocked down trees and power lines. The tornado moved northeast into southern Mitchell County. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
September 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$75,000	Flood waters closed several county roads. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Spense	$60,000	Thunderstorm winds completely destroyed a mobile home and knocked over countless trees in the area.
June 2008	Lightning	Cairo Grady Co Arpt	$35,000	Lightning struck a home along U.S. Highway 84. It damaged the attic, roof and kitchen.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Calvary	$25,000	Numerous trees and power lines down across portions of southern Grady County. A few homes sustained minor damage from fallen trees.
June 2008	Lightning	Cairo Grady Co Arpt	$25,000	Lightning struck a home near the intersection of Highway 188 and Pierce Chapel Road. It caused minor damage to the roof.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Capel	$25,000	Four inches of rain in less than two hours caused damage to a few roads from Pine Level Road north to Gilliard Road. There were two roads where the pipes were washed out. A small portion of Baggett Mill Road suffered a wash out at a bridge, and where debris accumulated around a drain pipe under the road had collapsed away.
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$25,000	The Grady County EMA reported major damage to a mobile home. Several trees were down.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$25,000	A microburst blew down numerous trees and some power lines from near the intersection of Robert Willis and Harper Roads east to Brumbley Creek (north of State Road 188). One home on Harper Road lost part of its roof. Damage survey conducted by the NWS Tallahassee WCM.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Northeast Portion	$25,000	On Womble Road, one house had a portion of its roof blown off and chimney damaged. A metal carport was blown about 500-600 yards from home and a large oak tree was snapped. A barn had half its roof peeled off. A nearby pole barn was severely damaged. On Ridge Road, trees were snapped and an irrigation system was twisted and overturned. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
March 1989	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1976	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
January 1971	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1969	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1961	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Nickleville	$20,000	A vehicle ran into a tree across the road near the intersection of Tired Creek Road and Jones Road. No injuries were reported. Damage cost was estimated.
February 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Boydville	$20,000	The tornado touched down southeast of Whigham and traveled northeast, crossing Highway 84 between Whigham and Cairo. The tornado lifted northeast of Cairo. The bulk of the damage was to trees and power lines with some minor damage to a few homes, mainly caused by falling trees. The strongest winds were likely along Providence Road where multiple trees were snapped at various levels. In addition, a partially strapped mobile home was moved from its foundation just north of Cairo. Six people were inside the mobile home, and nobody was injured. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 90 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$20,000	Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$12,000	no account filed
March 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$10,000	A large pine tree was blown down onto a vehicle along Highway 84 near Vereen Bell Road. No injuries occurred.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$10,000	Shingles were blown off a roof in Whigham. Damage cost was estimated.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Boydville	$10,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in Grady county. Damage was estimated.
November 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Elpino	$10,000	A brief tornado touched down near the intersection of Pine Level and Ridge Road in northern Grady county. The primary damage was to pine trees with minor roof damage to a mobile home. Law enforcement witnessed the tornado. This tornado was rated EF0 with max winds around 75 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Pine Park	$10,000	Numerous trees and power lines were down across the eastern portion of the county.
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$10,000	The Grady County EMA reported a roof blown off a house. Several trees were down.
January 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$10,000	Numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by Grady County 911.
September 2002	Flash Flood	Countywide	$10,000	Three to five inches of rain caused flooding of several county roads, with some street flooding in Cairo. Reported by 911.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$10,000	The Grady County S.O. reported numerous downed trees on U.S. 19 South and Borden Rd.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$10,000	Power lines down countywide.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo-Grady Arpt	$7,000	A large tree was blown down near the intersection of Singletary Road and Highway 84 with portions of the tree damaging a mobile home. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$5,000	Damage to a shed's roof on farm was reported a 1047 Cedar Springs Road. Part of the metal roof was tossed into nearby trees.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo	$5,000	Broken power poles were reported in Grady county.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Elpino	$5,000	Several power lines were blown down north of Cairo. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Spence	$5,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in the Macedonia Church area. Damage cost was estimated.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Princes Still	$5,000	Multiple trees were blown down in Grady county. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pine Park	$5,000	A tree was blown down onto a home at 891 Bold Springs Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$5,000	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$5,000	Estimated 70 mph straight line winds blew out windows of a home southwest of Whigham. Numerous trees were down in the area.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Southwest Portion	$5,000	The Grady County Sheriff reported a few downed trees and power lines near Nickleville and Calvary.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Cairo Grady Co Arpt	$5,000	Downed trees and power lines reported by the Grady County EMA.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Pine Park	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Grady County EMA.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$5,000	Grady County S.O. reported several downed trees and power lines.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Calvary	$5,000	Grady County S.O. reported several downed trees and power lines.
November 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Reno	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along the Lower Hawthorne Trail near Reno.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$5,000	A few large trees were blown over by thunderstorm winds.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Whigham	$4,000	Several trees were blown down around the county. Monetary damage was estimated.

Mines and quarries

1 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 1 working inside this county. It still produces. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Clay	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Mayfield Mine	Clay	Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Cairo

Cairo census division · 39828 · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988

Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Akridge

Cairo census division · 31773 · On Big Branch · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Beachton

Southeast Grady census division · 31792 · Beachton quadrangle

13 sheets, 1954 to 1994
Bethel

Calvary-Reno census division · 39828 · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Boydville

Whigham census division · 39897 · Whigham quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Brownlee

Cairo census division · 39828 · Cairo South quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Calvary

Calvary-Reno census division · 39828 · Calvary quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Capel

Cairo census division · 39827 · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Elpino

Spence census division · 39827 · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Good Hope

Calvary-Reno census division · 39828 · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Harrells Still

Northwest Grady census division · 39897 · Gee Pond quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1981
Long Branch

Cairo census division · 39827 · On Gin Branch · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Magnolia

Whigham census division · 39897 · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Midway

Cairo census division · 39828 · Cairo South quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Moncrief

Southeast Grady census division · 31792 · Beachton quadrangle

13 sheets, 1954 to 1994
Nickleville

Calvary-Reno census division · 39897 · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Oak Grove

Spence census division · 31779 · Pelham quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Orange Springs

Whigham census division · 39897 · On Merritt Branch · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Pawnee

Northwest Grady census division · 31779 · On Kelly Creek · Gee Pond quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1981
Pine Hill

Calvary-Reno census division · 39828 · On Hadley Creek · Calvary quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Pine Park

Cairo census division · 39828 · Pine Park quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Pleasant Grove

Cairo census division · 39827 · On Big Branch · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Pleasant Hill

Southeast Grady census division · 31792 · Beachton quadrangle

13 sheets, 1954 to 1994

No longer a settlement
Providence

Whigham census division · 39897 · On Wolf Creek · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Reno

Calvary-Reno census division · 39828 · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Rocky Hill

Southeast Grady census division · 31792 · Beachton quadrangle

13 sheets, 1954 to 1994
Roddenberry

Cairo census division · 39828 · On Wolf Creek · Whigham quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Sofkee

Calvary-Reno census division · 39897 · On Maxwell Creek · Reno quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Spence

Spence census division · 31779 · Pelham quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1981
Union Hill

Spence census division · 31779 · On Pilcher Creek · Pelham quadrangle

9 sheets, 1953 to 1981
Whigham

Whigham census division · 39897 · On Sweetwater Branch · Whigham quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Woodland

Cairo census division · 39827 · Cairo North quadrangle

12 sheets, 1954 to 1988

The vanished settlements of Grady County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Cairo, Georgia

12 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1912 to 1944

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.
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.