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.
Population over time
3 figuresDasher 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 834 | |
| 2010 | 912 | +78 (+9%) |
| 2020 | 890 | -22 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lake Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
493 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 288 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-LOWNDES-002 |
| 28 September 1996 | Smoking | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Dasher | 2 hurt, $250,000 | The 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | $500,000 | A trailer was overturned, and numerous power lines were reported downed between Valdosta and Dasher along Georgia Highway 7. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | $50,000 | Some 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | $10,000 | Several 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down near Ben Hill Road at Grover Hicks Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on Hickory Grove Road and Vann Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down along New Statenville Highway. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down on Boring Pond Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down across the intersection of Hickory Grove and George Roads. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down on Sherwood Road. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A line was blown down along Wisenbaker Road near Nagel Lane. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down near Sportsman Cove Road. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down at McLeod Lane and Old Lake Park Road. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down near Son Clayton Road and J Frank Culpepper Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | Several trees were blown down in and near Dasher. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dasher | - | A tree was blown down at George Road and Hickory Grove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsome | 2.0 miles | 6 | |
| Twin Lakes | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Macville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dees (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Herring | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Briggston | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Park | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Little Miami | 5.1 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 Dasher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2279194 | 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 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.





