BlockDixie, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31629. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.
On record in Dixie
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cross Roads Schoollisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,591 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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 | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BROOKS-010 |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | $40,000 | The tin roof on two chicken houses was removed and one large oak tree was blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | $500 | A large tree was blown down on Grooverville Road. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | $500 | A few downed trees reported by Brooks County 911. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | - | A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Dixie Barwick Road and Highway 84. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | - | A tree was blown near Hodges Road. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Dixie | - | The public estimated hail ranging from dime to quarter size in the Dixie area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | - | Trees were blown down in the Dixie area. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | - | Two large trees were reported down on Hickory Head Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | - | no account filed |
| November 2025 | Hail | Dixie | - | 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.
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 Dixie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14686615 | 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 355505. 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.