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Axson, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Axson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31624. The Survey maps it on the Axson quadrangle. 360 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Axson within Atkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Axson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,476 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 25 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 burning194
Natural32
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-WARE-003
7 September 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-ATKINSON-001
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-ATKINSON-018
28 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Debris and open burning4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-ATKINSON-013
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atkinson County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Axson in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1997Thunderstorm WindAxson$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindAxson-A couple of trees were blown down in Axson. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAxson-Trees were blown down by Stokes Way off of Highway 64.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAxson-A swath of thunderstorm wind damage occurred along Axon Road where power lines and trees were blown down along with several damaged sheds.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindAxson-An Atkinson county official reported that two trees were down near Cogdell road and fiddler Green road. These fell between 4:40 and 4:50 PM EST. Pea to dime size hail was also reported in the surrounding area.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindAxson-Tri-County Dispatch reported widespread tree and power line damage across Clinch and Atkinson counties.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindAxson-A large tree was blown down across the road in Axson.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindAxson-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in northeast Coffee county.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindAxson-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Mexico Road and Cogdell Road.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindAxson-Minor structure damage impacted a few mobile homes and barns in the 2200 block of Fiddler Green Road.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindAxson-Large trees and branches were blown down in Axson. Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph.
July 2012HailAxson-Quarter size hail and gusty winds were reported at a store near Axson. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAxson-Trees were blown down in Axson.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindAxson-Atkinson County Emergency Management reported trees down along the Old Axson Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindAxson-no account filed
May 2006HailAxson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atkinson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stokesville6.0 miles7
Sandy Bottom6.0 miles8
Pearson6.4 miles8
Kirkland9.5 miles8
Henderson Still13.8 miles8
Leliaton14.1 miles8
Oberry15.1 miles8
Gracys Station (historical)15.6 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AxsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058882The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354419. 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.