Dawesville, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ochlocknee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31792. It stands on Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ochlocknee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ochlocknee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
413 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Dawesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,369 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 | 250 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020THOMAS010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dawesville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochlocknee | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite | |
| Thomasville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thomasville Mine & Plant | Feldspar | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawesville in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Flood | Dawesville | $75,000 | Minor to moderate flooding along the Ochlockonee River affected three homes on Flamingo Road northwest of Thomasville. State Highway 3 and U.S. Highway 84 at Barnetts Creek were closed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawesville | $50,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. There were also large trees blown down in Thomasville with at least one landing on a house as posted on social media. Damage was estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawesville | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Thomas county, starting along Highway 19 near Ochlocknee. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawesville | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Maddox Road and Steward Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawesville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawesville | - | A tree was blown down on Cairo Road near Highway 84. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dawesville | - | The USGS river gauge located along the Ochlockonee River northwest of Thomasville measured 6.15 inches of rain in a 3 hour period with 4.23 inches falling in just 1 hour. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dawesville | - | A storm total of 5.78 inches was measured at the Ochlockonee River near Thomasville. |
| March 2009 | Flash Flood | Dawesville | - | Flash flooding was reported at Barnetts Creek and U.S. Highway 84. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Dawesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Fredonia | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ochlocknee | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Booker Heights | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Homestead Park | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dewey City | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thomasville | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| McLoughlin Heights | 6.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122566418 | 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 331526. 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.






