Climax, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Climax census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39834. The Survey maps it on the Climax North quadrangle. 276 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
On record in Climax
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Allen Mercantile Companylisted 2002
Population over time
3 figuresClimax fell from 297 to 276 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 297 | |
| 2010 | 280 | -17 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 276 | -4 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Whigham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Climax North quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
359 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Climax between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,290 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 | 285 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020GRADY011 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR006 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DECATUR-004 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR021 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR020 |
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 Climax: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Climax in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Climax | 4 hurt, $500,000 | An F2 tornado touched down on Fewell Road in the Bell Dixon Community and tracked northeast into western Grady County. Debris was scattered over a wide area. Four persons were injured, one critically. Five homes sustained roof and window damage. Numerous trees and power lines down. One house was destroyed and eight others were severely damaged. A double-wide mobile home on Bell Dixon Road was lifted from its foundation and reduced to bits of debris in a neighboring field. Reported by the Decatur County EMA and Bainbridge Post Searchlight. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $50,000 | Straight line winds blew down road signs and damaged a contruction company building on Highway 262. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Climax | $25,000 | A brief tornado developed near Salem Church road and Handville Road, damaging a farm and crossing a field before dissipating near Bradley Street, just north of Climax, Georgia. The tornado caused significant damage to trees and a farm equipment storage building along the path, pulling very heavy concrete footing from the ground. The damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with winds of 90 to 95 mph. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down in Climax, including one tree on a residence. The roof of a shed was also blown off. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Lake Douglas Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $1,500 | Trees were blown down on Jones Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down on Sykes Mill Road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $1,000 | Downed trees reported by the Decatur County Fire/EMS. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | $250 | Several trees were down on Lake Boston Road Extension. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | Several trees were blown down near US-84 over a 1 mile stretch. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | A tree was blown down onto Palmer Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | Several trees were blown down on Highway 262. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | Trees were blown down near Climax. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | A tree was blown into the road at Highway 262N and Open Pond Road in Decatur county. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Climax | - | A few trees were down on State Road 262. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Climax | - | Golfball size hail reported by the Decatur County Sheriff. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Climax | - | Decatur County 911 reported golfball size hail at Climax. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Climax | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Climax | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otisco | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Parker Courthouse | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bainbridge | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fowlstown | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Bainbridge | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Attapulgus | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Amsterdam | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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 Climax | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2895646 | 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 355192. 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.






