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Dennis, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Little River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sinclair West quadrangle.

Dennis within Putnam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Dennis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 849 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 21 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 burning183
Equipment and vehicle use30
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking10

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 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021PUTNAM002
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2017Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-BALDWIN-001
22 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BALDWIN-005
21 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PUTNAM-008
16 September 2005Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

9 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennis in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
January 2017Tornado (EF0)Dennis$25,000The Putnam County Emergency Manager reported an EF0 tornado with a maximum path width of 50 yards and maximum wind speeds of 75 MPH in the Lake Sinclair area of southern Putnam County. Several trees were blown down damaging some homes from around Bluegill Road SW and Ford Road across Dennis Station Road to Dennis Way. [01/21/17: Tornado #16, County #1/1, EF0, Putnam, 2017:017].
January 2021Thunderstorm WindDennis$8,000The Putnam County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Twin Bridges Road and Dennis Station Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDennis$1,000A tree was reported down on bluegill road at southshore rd.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDennis$1,000Tree down across 500 block of Dennis Station Rd.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindDennis$1,000Tree reported down on power line on Little River Court near Little River Trail.
June 2022HailDennis-Quarter to ping pong ball-sized hail reported near intersection of Southshore Rd and Twin Bridges Rd.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDennis-Multiple trees down along Bluegill Rd near intersection of Southshore Rd.
February 2020Flash FloodDennis-The Emergency Manager reported multiple roads closed due to high water, including Shelton Drive, Shelton Way and McDade Road. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell over the area, falling on already saturated soils, causing flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodDennis-The Emergency Manager reported Blue Gill Road was closed due to high water. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Nona0.4 miles10
Flat Rock2.1 miles10
Hallwood2.5 miles10
Clopton (historical)4.7 miles12
Meda4.8 miles10
Resseaus Crossroads5.0 miles12
Warfield6.3 miles11
Glenwoods Spring (historical)7.0 miles11

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 DennisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5258110The 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 355478. 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.