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Bridgeboro, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bridgeboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31744. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeboro quadrangle.

Bridgeboro within Worth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,669 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 27 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 burning163
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2010Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MITCHELL-005
7 September 1999Natural8.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MITCHELL-018
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WORTH-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeboro in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2003Tornado (F2)Bridgeboro2 killed, $750,000The F2 tornado traveled northeast from northeast Mitchell County into southwest Worth County. It damaged a few dozen homes and destroyed several others. Two persons were killed when their mobile home was destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were down. A state of emergency was declared for Worth County. Reported by the Worth County EMA and CAP/NWS aerial survey team.
April 2020Tornado (EF2)Bridgeboro$250,000Tornado touched down just west of the Mitchell/Worth County line along South County Line Road, damaging a mobile home. The tornado continued northeast, impacting several single family homes along Highway 112 and York Road. Damage to a home on York Road was consistent with an EF2 tornado wind peak winds around 120 mph. The tornado lift shortly after crossing York Road, with no additional damage noted.
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Bridgeboro$175,000The EF-2 tornado moved into western Worth County from southeastern Dougherty County. It uprooted trees and damaged several mobile homes north of Bridgeboro before lifting.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBridgeboro$5,000An old building lost its tin roof. A utility pole was down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBridgeboro$5,000Several power lines were downed by large branches blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindBridgeboro$1,000A tree limb fell onto a power line along Moultrie Road in Worth County.
April 2004HailBridgeboro-Golfball size hail reported by WALB-TV in Albany.
April 2004HailBridgeboro-Quarter size hail covering Highway 112. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
July 2003HailBridgeboro-Dime to quarter size hail reported by the Worth County Sheriff.
May 1998HailBridgeboro-Dime sized hail in Bridgeboro reported by WALB-TV Albany.
May 1998HailBridgeboro-Dime sized hail 5 miles southeast of Bridgeboro near Ticknor.

Every storm recorded in Worth 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
Liberty Hill1.9 miles10
Livingston2.0 miles10
Pritchetts2.8 miles9
Indian Cove (historical)3.3 miles10
Groveland Estates3.4 miles10
Parkerville3.5 miles10
Gintown (historical)4.3 miles10
Crestwood4.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331233. 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.