Doctortown, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jesup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31545. It lies near Knee Buckle Island. The Survey maps it on the Doctortown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Doctortown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
413 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Doctortown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 75 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 | 164 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
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 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WAYNE-016 |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE018 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WAYNE017 |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WAYNE003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Doctortown: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Lake Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Morris-Anderson Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morriss-Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Strickland Mines | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doctortown in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Doctortown | $100,000 | Around 9:47 pm EDT, Wayne County Dispatch reported that a portion of Odum Screven Road was flooded near Route 203. By 10:22 pm EDT, Dispatch reported that many roads in Jesup were flooded, and a few structures had water flowing into them. By 10:45 pm, the county emergency manager relayed that there was widespread flash flooding occurring in Jesup. Numerous roads were flooded including Main Road 84. There were 4 vehicles completely covered in water, and water was entering homes, motels and fire stations in Jesup. Around 12 am on 8/20, the emergency manager relayed that 20 to 30 homes in downtown Jesup were flooded with about 1 ft of standing water. There was about 4 inches of standing water at the main fire station in Jesup. A motel in Jesup was also flooded. U. S. Highway 84 was closed due to flooding Monday evening, but was re-opened over night. Wayne county closed public schools on Tuesday, 8/20, due to flooded roads. The cost of damage was unknown, but was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. The estimate is likely grossly underestimated. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | $20,000 | Two large trees were blown down onto a building which caused damage near U.S. Highway 84 about 1 mile south of the Altamaha River. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees were snapped, a home porch roof was damage and a greenhouse was destroyed. A nearby single wide mobile home trailer was blown off of its foundation. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees were snapped, a home porch roof was damage and a greenhouse was destroyed. A nearby single wide mobile home trailer was blown off of its foundation. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees were snapped and uprooted near the country club. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Large tree limbs were blown down near Jesup. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees were blown down along Beechwood Drive. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees were blown down into power lines. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. A tin roof was blown off a shed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Two trees were blown down near the intersection of Bluff Road and Linden Road. Another tree was blown down on Kerry Davis Road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Doctortown | - | Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported northwest of Jesup. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doctortown | - | Two trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Doctortown | - | A resident off of Fannie Head Road reported penny size hail to county emergency management. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Doctortown | - | The hail was observed by a trained weather spotter along the Wayne and Long County line near the Altamaha River. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Doctortown | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Doctortown | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355510. 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.








