Chauncey, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chauncey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31011. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 289 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 313 feet above sea level.

Chauncey within Dodge County

Population over time

2 figures

Chauncey fell from 342 to 289 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	342
2020	289	-53 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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.

1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

344 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Chauncey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,195 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 59 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	209
Arson/incendiarism	59
Equipment and vehicle use	30
Natural	21
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Smoking	3

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 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-DODGE-016
9 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021DODGE008
5 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-DODGE-014
29 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	6.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chauncey in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$100,000	The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm downburst winds resulted in significant damage to property, trees, and power lines across the southern part of the county, including the cities of Chauncey, Milan, and Rhine. Much of the damage was concentrated near Georgia Highway 165. On McCraine Lane in Chauncey, the roof of a house was damaged, a barn was damaged, and a storage shelter was destroyed. Several trees and power lines were also down at this residence. On Georgia Highway 165 between Chauncey and Rhine, the Faith Ministries building sustained damage to the back wall and roof. Also on Georgia Highway 165 between Chauncey and Rhine, a grain bin was destroyed. Finally, along Oak Grove Church Road and Friendship Road, also between Chauncey and Rhine, several barns sustained damage along with minor damage to homes and power service lines.
May 2007	Hail	Chauncey	$10,000	The Eastman Police Department reported golf ball-sized hail in the Chauncey area.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$3,000	Multiple photos of tree damage to the 100 block of Railroad Ave. in Chauncey GA. a large uprooted tree fell on a 2 car detached garage at 101 North Railroad Ave.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$2,000	The public reported that several trees and power lines were down. Pea-sized hail was also observed in the area.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$2,000	An amateur radio operator reported that six to seven large trees were blown down in the Chauncey area, including 5-inch diameter pine trees and 15-inch diameter oak trees.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$1,000	Photos of damage to the underside of a manufactured home near Bush Ave near green St in Chauncey GA metal sheeting blown away.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$1,000	The Milan Fire Department reported that several trees were uprooted.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$1,000	The sheriff reported several trees blown down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds snapped 2 large pecan trees off halfway up.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chauncey	$250	A trained spotter reported that a tree was blown down along Durham Street.
June 2023	Hail	Chauncey	-	Quarter sized hail reported near the intersection of Cemetery St and Golden Isles pkwy.
August 2000	Hail	Chauncey	-	The Dodge county 911 center reported quarter size hail.
May 1997	Hail	Chauncey	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cox (historical)	2.3 miles	8
McCranie	2.4 miles	8
Jay Bird Springs	3.6 miles	8
Godwinsville	3.9 miles	9
Pitts	4.0 miles	8
Ararat	4.4 miles	8
Sigurd (historical)	4.9 miles	9
Achord	5.1 miles	9

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 Chauncey	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2356669	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 312593. 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.