Cecil, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adel-Sparks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31627. The Survey maps it on the Cecil quadrangle. 284 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCecil fell from 286 to 284 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 | 286 | |
| 2020 | 284 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1973 USGS Cecil quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
496 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Cecil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,966 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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 | 327 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LOWNDES-011 |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COOK-021 |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cecil: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cecil in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $2,000 | Minor structural damage was reported along Cowart Dr in association with a downburst. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $2,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $2,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down along Harris Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $1,000 | The public reported via social media that at least 2 large pecan trees were blown down in Cook county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across Shady Grove Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Cecil | - | A few dirt roads were flooded in Cook county. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | Trees were blown down in Cecil on Highway 41 and across the railroad tracks at Fellowship Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | A tree was blown down onto Old Coffee Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | A tree was blown down onto Fellowship Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Heartpine (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Valley | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Greggs | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Jerusalem (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Adel | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sparks | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Barnesdale | 9.8 miles | 8 |
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 Cecil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952947 | 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 331347. 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.
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.




