Denton, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Denton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31532. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle. 189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
3 figuresDenton fell from 269 to 189 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 269 | |
| 2010 | 250 | -19 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 189 | -61 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Denton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
361 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,103 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 32 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 | 242 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JEFF DAVIS014 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021JEFF DAVIS008 |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Denton: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denton in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Lightning | Denton | $20,000 | A lightning fire caused major damage to a home on Towns Creek Road. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A few large trees and one powerline were blown down in the SW portion of the county. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Denton | - | Just after 430 pm, a severe thunderstorm spawned a weak tornado that touched down just west of US 221 at Wooten farm road snapping softwood trees as it continued east northeast at 25 mph along Denton Still road crossing US 221 into Archie Miller road where the tornado damaged the garage doors of a farm outbuilding and removed shingles from the roofs of a few homes. The tornado stayed on the ground as it traveled east northeast strengthening to EF1 intensity. It then caused significant roof loss to a farmhouse and other homes and blew off the metal roof of a storage building just south of Yankee road about a half mile west of Bell Telephone road. Multiple trees and powerlines were down also along Bell Telephone road. The tornado moved east to northeast through Baucom and Brantley roads snapping and uprooting more large trees and toppling power lines before dissipating down to EF0 intensity as it tracked over Alma highway and then lifted and completely dissipated as the severe thunderstorm moved into Appling county before 500 PM. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Denton | - | Nickel size hail was reported at the Denton Quick Stop. The time of the report was based on radar. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A few trees were blown down between Snipesville Road between Broxton Highway and US Highway 221. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Denton | - | James Anderson Road was closed due to flood water covering it. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | One home had roof damage from thunderstorm winds and there were several trees and power lines blown down in Denton. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down in the southern party of the county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A tree was blown down on a home along Alabama Street. Other trees were blown down in the area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Large trees were blown down across Denton roads. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Douglas Highway in Denton. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Denton. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A local utility company reported several pine trees down on power lines in the Denton area. Event time has been based on Moody Air Force Base radar imagery. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | The Post Office Reported scattered trees reported down in the vicinity of Denton. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Denton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooker | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ellis (historical) | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Snipesville | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Goldsmith (historical) | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kirkland | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Roper | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bingham (historical) | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Satilla | 8.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Denton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2260610 | 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 313447. 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.




