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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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Denton within Jeff Davis County

Population over time

3 figures

Denton 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.

YearPeople Change
2000269
2010250-19 (-7%)
2020189-61 (-24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

361 since 1992

Regional 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 burning242
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JEFF DAVIS014
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021JEFF DAVIS008
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jeff Davis County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium

Every working recorded in Jeff Davis County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015LightningDenton$20,000A 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 2023Thunderstorm WindDenton-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 2021Tornado (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 2020HailDenton-Nickel size hail was reported at the Denton Quick Stop. The time of the report was based on radar.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindDenton-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 2020FloodDenton-James Anderson Road was closed due to flood water covering it.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindDenton-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 2015Thunderstorm WindDenton-Several trees and power lines were blown down in the southern party of the county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDenton-A tree was blown down on a home along Alabama Street. Other trees were blown down in the area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDenton-Large trees were blown down across Denton roads.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDenton-Trees and power lines were blown down along Douglas Highway in Denton.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDenton-Trees and power lines were blown down in Denton.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindDenton-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 2008Thunderstorm WindDenton-The Post Office Reported scattered trees reported down in the vicinity of Denton.
June 2015HailDenton-no account filed
April 2006HailDenton-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindDenton-no account filed
April 2006HailDenton-no account filed
February 2005HailDenton-no account filed
July 2004HailDenton-no account filed
March 2003HailDenton-no account filed
January 1998HailDenton-no account filed
May 1997HailDenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jeff Davis 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
Brooker1.8 miles8
Ellis (historical)3.3 miles8
Snipesville4.1 miles8
Goldsmith (historical)4.3 miles8
Kirkland6.4 miles8
Roper6.6 miles8
Bingham (historical)7.7 miles8
Satilla8.0 miles8

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 DentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2260610The 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.