Chula, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31733. The Survey maps it on the Chula quadrangle. It stands 384 feet above sea level.
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 Chula quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1977Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Marshall, Howard W, 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
439 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 439 fires within 5 miles of Chula between 1992 and 2019, burning about 953 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 54 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 | 273 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TIFT-010 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TIFT-007 |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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 Chula: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1985 |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chula in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | 2 hurt, $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds severely damaged two mobile homes, a storage house and downed several large trees in the Pleasant Grove Mobile Home Park on Rigdon Altman Road near United States Highway 41. Two people were slightly injured from shattered window glass. Tift county Emergency Management Officials estimated damage at $100,000. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Chula | $600,000 | The EF-1 tornado touched down west of Chula. It damaged 20 homes, of which seven were heavily damaged and 13 suffered minor damage. The tornado also snapped and uprooted numerous trees before it crossed into southeastern Turner County. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | $3,000 | A Tift County 911 dispatcher reported numerous trees and power lines down across the northern portion of the county. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | $1,000 | Trees were blown down in Chula. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | $1,000 | Tift county 911 dispatch reported a tree down on Wiley Branch Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | Trees were down along Chula Brookfield Rd. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | A tree was blown down in a yard along Chula Brookfield Road going towards Chula. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph with a handheld anemometer. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Chula | - | The public reported street flooding via mping. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Chula | - | Water was across the east end of Rigdon Aultman Road at Highway 41 North. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | A tree was blown down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | Several trees were down north of Tifton on North Carpenter Road. Additional trees were down on Brighton Road and over near Old Ocilla Road. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Chula | - | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail accumulated up to an inch on the side of the road on I-75 between exits 67 and 69. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 125 near Tifton. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chula | - | A tree was blown down on Chula Brookfield Road about one mile east of I-75. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Chula | - | Penny to nickel sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunsweet | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hoganville (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pebblebrook | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brighton | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hillsdale | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Harding | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ferry Lake | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tifton | 7.1 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 Chula | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20585364 | 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 355165. 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.




