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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lake Sinclair West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
302 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 183 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021PUTNAM002 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-BALDWIN-001 |
| 22 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BALDWIN-005 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PUTNAM-008 |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Dennis | $25,000 | The 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $8,000 | The Putnam County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Twin Bridges Road and Dennis Station Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on bluegill road at southshore rd. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $1,000 | Tree down across 500 block of Dennis Station Rd. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $1,000 | Tree reported down on power line on Little River Court near Little River Trail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Dennis | - | Quarter to ping pong ball-sized hail reported near intersection of Southshore Rd and Twin Bridges Rd. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | Multiple trees down along Bluegill Rd near intersection of Southshore Rd. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Dennis | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Dennis | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nona | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Flat Rock | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hallwood | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clopton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Meda | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Resseaus Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Warfield | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwoods Spring (historical) | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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 Dennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5258110 | 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 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.






