Davisboro, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Davisboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31018. It stands on Steel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davisboro quadrangle. 1,832 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 302 feet above sea level.
On record in Davisboro
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
- Francis Plantationlisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Jordan Cabin, Georgia Highway 231, Davisborofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
3 figuresDavisboro grew from 1,544 to 1,832 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 | 1,544 | |
| 2010 | 2,010 | +466 (+30%) |
| 2020 | 1,832 | -178 (-9%) |
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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Davisboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Davisboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,349 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 16 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 | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WASHINGTON-001 |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WASHINGTON-025 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WASHINGTON-004 |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WASHINGTON004 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Davisboro: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mine | Kaolin | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisboro in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Davisboro | $75,000 | The Department of Transportation reported significant flooding impacts from high water conditions on Williamson Swamp Creek in Davisboro. Roughtly a dozen homes on State Route 231 were surrounded or inundated with water on the southwest side of town. The USGS river gauge reported a crest of 14.66 feet, less than half a foot from Major Flood Stage. Radar estimates indicate that 8 to 10 inches of rain quickly fell over the area, resulting in the rapidly evolving flooding. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Davisboro | $10,000 | A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office observed golf ball-sized hail northeast of Davisboro near the Jefferson county line. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | $5,000 | The Washington County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Davisboro | $2,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that a brief EF0 tornado touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Davisboro and traveled southeast on the ground for approximately one mile before lifting 0.5 miles northwest of Davisboro. The tornado had a maximum path width of 50 yards with maximum estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 mph. Several trees were blown down along the path of the tornado, but no structural damage was observed or reported. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | $1,000 | Tree reported down in Davisboro, near Breezy Hill Rd and E St. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | $1,000 | Tree reported down on power lines on Steel Creek Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | $1,000 | The Washington County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Davisboro. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Davisboro | $1,000 | The USGS gage on William Swamp Creek at Davisboro reached its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 400 pm EDT on April 3rd. The creek remained above flood stage until 330 pm EDT that day. The creek crested at 10.24 feet at 930 am EDT on April 3rd. Minor flooding of woodland and fields along the creek were observed. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | - | A few trees down near the intersection of Harrison-Davisboro Rd and Brown Circle. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisboro | - | Multiple trees and powerlines down in the town of Davisboro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidrich | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rose | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Halls Crossing | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Riddleville | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sun Hill | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Downs | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tanner | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sparks | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Davisboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261070 | 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 355454. 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.





