Crosland, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Norman Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31771. The Survey maps it on the Norman Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Norman Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Crosland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 | 145 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 9.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COLQUITT-002 |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TIFT-006 |
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021COLQUITT004 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COLQUITT-004 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT010 |
| 26 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019WORTH002 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crosland in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Crosland | 1 killed, $500,000 | A strong tornado tore through extreme northeast Colquitt County near Crosland toppling trees and power lines before it moved into extreme southwest Tift County. Several mobile homes were damaged. One woman was killed in a mobile home just northeast of Crosland when a large tree and another mobile home were blown against her home. Colquitt County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by a amateur radio operator and the Colquitt County EMA. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Crosland | $20,000 | A weak tornado touched down in the vicinity of Ellenton Omega Road and traveled northeastward a short distance while skipping up and down before lifting permanently near the Colquitt/Cook county border. Damage to barns, trees down, pivots destroyed, and some roof damage to homes was reported. Most of the damage from this tornado was on Sharon Church Rd, South Powell Rd, Ellenton Omega Rd, Buddy Baker Rd, St. Paul Church Rd, Albert Brady Rd, and Lawyer Sumner Rd. Maximum winds were estimated around 80 mph. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosland | $3,000 | A large pecan tree limb fell on a home and damaged a couple of shingles. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosland | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on a home in the 1300 block of JP Perry Road in northern Colquitt county. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosland | - | Several trees were blown down across northeast Colquitt county. |
| December 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Crosland | - | An officer reported a funnel cloud in the northern part of Colquitt county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crosland | - | A tree was blown down on Charlie Hamm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Park | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cool Springs | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Barbers | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pineboro | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ellenton | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| New Elm | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bayboro (historical) | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kirkwood | 10.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122589507 | 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 331479. 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.




