Broxton, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Broxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31519. The Survey maps it on the Broxton North quadrangle. 1,060 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBroxton fell from 1,189 to 1,060 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,189 | |
| 2020 | 1,060 | -129 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Broxton North quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Broxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,170 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 28 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 burning | 137 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-COFFEE-015 |
| 5 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COFFEE-022 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE017 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE018 |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE015 |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COFFEE-011 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broxton in 32 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $5,000 | Report from Emergency manager of a mobile | home knocked off its foundation in west | Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar. It was unknown if the home was strapped down. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $5,000 | Large trees down across power lines with power lines downed. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $500 | A tree was blown down onto a power line near the intersection of Smith Street and Railroad Street in Broxton. The time was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $500 | A couple of trees were blown down in Broxton. The Douglas AWOS measured a wind gust to 32 mph. Cost of damage was estimated. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | $100 | Large trees uprooted on River Road. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Broxton | - | A personal weather | observation site Poplar Creek - KGABROXT5 | measured 3.19 inches of rain. Rain began | around 7:05 PM. Surrounding sites measured | 2.5 to 3 inches of rain. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Broxton | - | A personal weather observation site Poplar | Creek - KGABROXT5 measured 2.84 inches of | rain. Rain began around 7:05 PM. Surrounding | sites measured 2 to 2.4 inches of rain. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Broxton | - | In a rainband ahead of Hurricane Helene, a weak tornado formed|near Broxton, GA along George Deen Rd and HWY 268. A video of the|tornado was posted on social media. Minor structural damage to |homes and several trees down were reported in this area. Around 2:30 pm, the tornado was sighted on the ground near Highway 268 East. It damaged shingles and shifted a doublewide trailer off of its foundation at 2507 and 2807 Highway 268 East. Multiple trees were blown down with confirmed damage as 1668, 1700 and 1732 George Deen Road. Some trees fell on a home. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | County EM reported a mobile home was destroyed by straight line winds along Guy Pridgen Road near Bowens Mill Road and GA Highway 268. Numerous trees were blown down in the area and a barn was damaged by fallen trees. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Broxton | - | Nickel size hail was observed along US Highway 441, about 2 miles north of Broxton. The time of event was based on radar. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | A tree was blown down in Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Broxton. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | A tin roof was blown off of a mobile home on Joy Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Broxton. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | A large tree was blown down in Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | A tree limb was blown down in Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Trees were blown down in Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Trees were blown down northwest of Broxton. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Downburst winds blew a quarter of the roof off of a commercial building. There was some structural damage to homes. Trees and power lines were also reported in the area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Trees were blown down throughout the county. The heaviest concentration of tree damage was in the northwest portion near Broxton. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Numerous power lines were blown down in Broxton and a tree was blown down on a vehicle. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | The Coffee County Emergency Management Director reported several trees down in the Pridgen and Broxton areas. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Large trees were blown down just north of Broxton. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | The local Post Office reported trees down on the northwest side of Broxton. The event time has been estimated based on radar imagery. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 441 at Lotts Crossing Road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Broxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Broxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lotts | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pridgen | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bushnell | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Blystonel | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Huffer | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sapps Still | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cherokee Hills | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ambrose | 7.1 miles | 7 |
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 Broxton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q591435 | The 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 354876. 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.




