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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.

Davisboro within Washington County

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Davisboro 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,544
20102,010+466 (+30%)
20201,832-178 (-9%)

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.

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.

Jordan Cabin, Georgia Highway 231, Davisboro, Washington County, GA
Jordan Cabin, Georgia Highway 231, Davisboro, Washington County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

195 since 1992

Regional 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 burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burning35 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-WASHINGTON-001
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WASHINGTON-025
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WASHINGTON-004
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2020Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WASHINGTON004
20 September 2003Debris and open burning25 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Taylor MineKaolinOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Flash FloodDavisboro$75,000The 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 2006HailDavisboro$10,000A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office observed golf ball-sized hail northeast of Davisboro near the Jefferson county line.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDavisboro$5,000The Washington County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Davisboro$2,000A 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 2025Thunderstorm WindDavisboro$1,000Tree reported down in Davisboro, near Breezy Hill Rd and E St.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDavisboro$1,000Tree reported down on power lines on Steel Creek Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDavisboro$1,000The Washington County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Davisboro.
April 2009FloodDavisboro$1,000The 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 2022Thunderstorm WindDavisboro-A few trees down near the intersection of Harrison-Davisboro Rd and Brown Circle.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDavisboro-Multiple trees and powerlines down in the town of Davisboro.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Heidrich2.3 miles8
Rose2.6 miles8
Halls Crossing3.7 miles10
Riddleville5.8 miles8
Sun Hill6.7 miles8
Downs6.9 miles10
Tanner7.1 miles8
Sparks10.2 miles10

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 DavisboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261070The 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.