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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.

Doctortown within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

413 since 1992

Regional 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 burning164
Arson/incendiarism75
Railroad operations and maintenance53
Equipment and vehicle use31
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural12
Smoking8

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
8 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WAYNE-016
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WAYNE018
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WAYNE017
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WAYNE003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Morgan Lake PitStoneProducer
Morris-Anderson MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morriss-Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Strickland MinesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

16 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Flash FloodDoctortown$100,000Around 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 2014Thunderstorm WindDoctortown$20,000Two 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 2020Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-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 2020Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-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 2015Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Trees were snapped and uprooted near the country club.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Large tree limbs were blown down near Jesup.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Trees were blown down along Beechwood Drive.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Trees were blown down into power lines. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Trees and power lines were blown down. A tin roof was blown off a shed.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Two trees were blown down near the intersection of Bluff Road and Linden Road. Another tree was blown down on Kerry Davis Road.
June 2011HailDoctortown-Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported northwest of Jesup.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDoctortown-Two trees were blown down onto power lines.
August 2008HailDoctortown-A resident off of Fannie Head Road reported penny size hail to county emergency management.
May 2008HailDoctortown-The hail was observed by a trained weather spotter along the Wayne and Long County line near the Altamaha River.
July 2011HailDoctortown-no account filed
June 2001HailDoctortown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Jesup4.4 miles14
Drawdy5.1 miles14
Odessa6.6 miles14
Redland6.7 miles14
Gardi8.1 miles14
Leake8.7 miles14
Burnett8.8 miles14
Slover9.0 miles14

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.