Chokee, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Philema census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31764. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle.

Chokee within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1973 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Chokee between 1992 and 2017, burning about 709 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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	95
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Natural	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Smoking	6
Recreation and ceremony	4

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
5 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-SUMTER-016
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LEE-006
14 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-SUMTER-020
11 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2002	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-SUMTER-004
30 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

New York (historical)

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chokee in 14 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 tornado, 1 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
April 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Chokee	$100,000	A tornado touched down southwest of the intersection of New York Rd and Larsen Rd in Lee County shortly before 3:30 pm EDT. The tornado caused considerable tree damage as it moved northeastward towards Lake Blackshear. There was also roof damage to several homes along the path. The damage in Lee county was consistent with an EF1 tornado with winds of approximately 105 mph. The start point was based on a combination of radar data and video of the tornado initiation found on social media. This tornado continued into Sumter County.
February 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Chokee	$50,000	This tornado touched down briefly at this location with a path length of less than one half mile. There was significant damage to a mobile home roof, along with the complete removal of an asphalt roof of a single family home. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated around 105 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	$3,000	The Sumter EMC reported power outages in northern Lee county due to a combination of trees and tree limbs falling on the lines. Damage was estimated.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	$2,000	A tree was blown down onto a power line along Batts Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	$2,000	Trees were blown down along Highway 195. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	$2,000	Trees were blown down along New York Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	$1,000	Several trees were blown down in the northeast part of the county.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	-	Trees were blown down in the Larsen Road area.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	-	Trees were blown down on Chokee Road.
March 2020	Flood	Chokee	-	Water was reported over Laramore Road.
March 2020	Flood	Chokee	-	Water was reported over Dan Green Road.
March 2020	Flood	Chokee	-	Water was reported over Chokee Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Chokee	-	A tree was blown down on Highway 195.
April 2005	Hail	Chokee	-	Penny size hail reported by the public.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
New York (historical)	6.1 miles	7
Scrutchins	8.0 miles	9
Mossy Dell	9.8 miles	10
Philema	9.8 miles	10
Starksville	9.8 miles	9
Eagle Pond	9.9 miles	9
Neyami	10.0 miles	9
Smithville	10.7 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 Chokee	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888670	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 331397. 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.