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Dasher, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31601. The Survey maps it on the Lake Park quadrangle. 890 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Dasher within Lowndes County

Population over time

3 figures

Dasher grew from 834 to 890 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.

YearPeople Change
2000834
2010912+78 (+9%)
2020890-22 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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.

Fires near this place

493 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 493 fires within 5 miles of Dasher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,539 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 101 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 burning288
Arson/incendiarism101
Smoking25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-LOWNDES-002
28 September 1996Smoking4.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lowndes County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dasher in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Tornado (EF2)Dasher2 hurt, $250,000The tornado initially touched down along Old Lake Park Road south of Hickory Grove Road, causing damage to trees and powerline, with minor damage noted to a manufactured home. The tornado continued northward, crossing Hickory Grove Road, and causing minor damage to a home at the intersection of Ezelle Road. An unoccupied double-wide manufactured home was destroyed on Ezelle Road, with damage supportive of an EF-2 rating. As the tornado continued north, it impacted another double-wide manufactured home along Johnson Road, destroying the home with damage also supportive of and EF-2 rating. The damage at these two locations support the maximum rating of the tornado of EF-2 with an approximate maximum wind speed of 120 mph. The tornado continued to travel north, causing sporadic damage to trees, homes and outbuildings, in the EF-0 to EF-1 range. A destroyed farm outbuilding along with roof damage to a single family home was noted along Davis Lane. A metal structure was severely damaged along US Highway 84. The tornado appears to have dissipated in a pecan orchard north of Highway 84. Additional video on social media helped determine a rough estimate on the end point. Special thanks to Lowndes County Emergency Management for assistance with this survey.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindDasher$500,000A trailer was overturned, and numerous power lines were reported downed between Valdosta and Dasher along Georgia Highway 7.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindDasher$50,000Some wind damage to structures occurred along Sportsman Cover Road south of Valdosta. Some roofing material was peeled off a few buildings and some trees were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDasher$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down and part of the roof of a mobile home was blown across a street. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDasher$2,000Power lines were blown down near Ben Hill Road at Grover Hicks Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDasher$1,000Trees were blown down on Hickory Grove Road and Vann Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down along New Statenville Highway.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down on Boring Pond Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down across the intersection of Hickory Grove and George Roads.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down on Sherwood Road.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDasher-A line was blown down along Wisenbaker Road near Nagel Lane.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down near Sportsman Cove Road.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down at McLeod Lane and Old Lake Park Road.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down near Son Clayton Road and J Frank Culpepper Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDasher-Several trees were blown down in and near Dasher.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDasher-A tree was blown down at George Road and Hickory Grove Road.

Every storm recorded in Lowndes 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Newsome2.0 miles6
Twin Lakes3.6 miles7
Macville (historical)4.5 miles9
Dees (historical)4.5 miles9
Herring4.8 miles7
Briggston4.8 miles10
Lake Park5.0 miles7
Little Miami5.1 miles9

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 DasherAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2279194The 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 313320. 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.