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Denmark, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nevils-Stilson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30415. The Survey maps it on the Denmark quadrangle.

Denmark within Bulloch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Denmark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 949 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 burning147
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2008Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BULLOCH006
24 September 1996Recreation and ceremony5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bulloch County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denmark in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Denmark$125,000A confirmed EF-1 Tornado touched down just to the east of Nevils, Georgia along Nesmith Proctor Road where a cluster of trees were snapped and blown down. The Tornado then moved rapidly east and crossed Interstate 16 near mile marker 125 where extensive tree damage occurred. The Tornado then moved across Highway 67 near Old Rocker Road where it partially destroyed the roof of a mobile home and damaged nearby trees. Finally the Tornado crossed Old Happy Road and moved through the Old Happy Farm where it completely destroyed a mobile home, several irrigation systems and a large storage shed before dissipating. ||The total path length was approximately 2.25 miles and the maximum sustained winds were estimated between 105 and 110 mph. Although considerable damage occurred with the Tornado, there were no injuries.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDenmark$3,000Law enforcement reported a tree down on a house along Cross Creek Road. Minor damage was reported to the house.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDenmark$500Law enforcement reported a tree down on Nevils Denmark Road near Highway 46, one mile southwest of Denmark, Georgia.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Bulloch County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Gus Denmark Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDenmark-The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Interstate 16 east bound near mile marker 127.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDenmark-The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down at the intersection of Gus Denmark Road and Mud Road.
March 2016HailDenmark-The public reported hail up to the size of quarters near the town of Denmark.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDenmark-The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on G W Oliver Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDenmark-A trained spotter reported a six to eight inch diameter tree down and several large tree branches down on Cleary Road off of Mud Road. The spotter also reported a roof blown off a porch, a small tree that fell and dented a car and a large doghouse was blown ten feet from its original location.
July 2016HailDenmark-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail on Cleary Road just off of Mud Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDenmark-An emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 46 near Brooklet Denmark Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDenmark-An emergency manager reported a tree down on Mud Road near Black Creek Church Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Law enforcement reported trees down at Mud Road and Brooklet-Denmark Road.
June 2005Flash FloodDenmark-Very heavy rainfall caused flooding in the southern part of the county. Nevils-Denmark road was flooded.
February 2004Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines and blew over a traffic light.
July 2003Flash FloodDenmark-Heavy rainfall flooded Denmark-Brooklet Road causing it to be closed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDenmark-A tree and several large limbs downed some power lines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Many trees and powerlines down.
June 2007HailDenmark-no account filed
April 2006HailDenmark-no account filed
May 2006HailDenmark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bulloch 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
Nevils2.4 miles16
Enal (historical)3.0 miles16
Mitchell Forks3.1 miles18
Emit4.2 miles14
Statesborough4.6 miles18
Overbrook5.7 miles19
Akins5.7 miles14
Anderson Mill6.1 miles19

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 DenmarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12889496The 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 313440. 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.