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Baconton, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Baconton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31716. The Survey maps it on the Baconton North quadrangle. 856 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 174 feet above sea level.

Baconton within Mitchell County

On record in Baconton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Baconton fell from 915 to 856 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010915
2020856-59 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Baconton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 968 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning112
Railroad operations and maintenance64
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MITCHELL-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mitchell County

Storms near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baconton in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
March 2001Thunderstorm WindBaconton2 hurt, $150,000A microburst caused F1 damage along a half mile path. Three mobile homes were destroyed. Two occupants inside one of the mobile homes were injured, one seriously. Six mobile homes were damaged. Some trees and power lines down. Reported by Mitchell County 911.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindBaconton1 hurt, $100,000Several trees were toppled and roofs were blown off four houses in Baconton. Several mobile homes were damaged northeast of Baconton near Stagecoach Road and County Line Road. One person was injured.
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Baconton$2,250,000The EF-2 tornado moved northeast from Baker County into Mitchell County just west of Baconton. GEMA and FEMA assessed 26 minor damaged homes, 25 major damaged homes, and two destroyed homes. Thirteen businesses sustained minor losses. Most of the damage occurred just north of Baconton on Gravel Hill Road in the Pleasant Grove community. Over 200 acres of pecan trees were uprooted. The tornado flipped over a semi on U.S. Highway 19 about four miles north of Baconton then crossed into southeastern Dougherty County. A state of emergency was declared by the Governor.
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Baconton$100,000An EF1 tornado with max winds near 95 mph touched down near Flint River just west of US 19 and north of Baconton in Mitchell County. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. In fact, there were estimates of around 3,000 pecan trees destroyed. There was roof damage to several mobile homes off Stage Coach Road. The tornado may have touched down a bit further west and lifted a bit further east. However, these areas were inaccessible to the survey team. Damage cost was estimated. An article from Texas A&M states that a mature pecan tree is worth around $2,500, bringing the estimated crop damage total to around $7.5 million.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindBaconton$15,000A house sustained roof damage. Trees and power lines down. Reported by a WALB-TV meteorologist.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBaconton$10,000One tree fell on a home in Baconton. A picture posted on social media shows that the trunk of the tree split and may have been rotted. No other trees down or wind damage was reported in the area. Damage was estimated.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindBaconton$3,000Power lines were blown down around Baconton.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBaconton$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Baconton.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBaconton$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down near Baconton.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindBaconton$2,000A tree resulted in a power outage north of Baconton via the Georgia Power outage map.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBaconton$2,000A large pine tree was blown over with downed power lines along Old Georgia Highway 3.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindBaconton$2,000Mitchell EMC reported downed power lines and some local road flooding.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBaconton$2,000A tree was blown down resulting in a power outage.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBaconton$1,000A power line was blown down along Highway 19 North and resulted in a grass fire.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBaconton$1,000One tree was blown down around Baconton. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBaconton$500The Mitchell County Sheriff reported a few trees down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBaconton-A tree was blown down on Old Georgia Highway 3.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Trees were blown down in the Baconton area.
March 2024Flash FloodBaconton-Flooding was reported on Church St.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBaconton-A car in Baconton was damaged by a fallen tree.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Tree limbs were blocking 1 of 2 lanes on Highway 3 at Jackson Dairy Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Trees were reported down in the Baconton area.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBaconton-A tree was blown down across Stage Coach Road just south of Vines Road.
August 2018FloodBaconton-There was a report of water on Old State Route 3 about 1 mile south of Baconton. The depth of the water was not reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Multiple trees were blown down in Baconton.
May 2012HailBaconton-Golf ball size hail fell in far northern Mitchell county.
May 2006HailBaconton-Marble to penny size hail reported by the Mitchell County Sheriff.
April 2004HailBaconton-Quarter size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Downed trees reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindBaconton-Several trees were blown down across SR93 according to county Emergency Management.
May 2024HailBaconton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mitchell 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
DeWitt3.0 miles11
Flint4.5 miles10
Greenough5.4 miles10
Lester6.2 miles10
Adelaide7.8 miles10
Pebble City10.1 miles8
Camilla10.6 miles9
Sale City10.9 miles10

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 BacontonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2506489The 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 331077. 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.