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Donalsonville, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Donalsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39845. The Survey maps it on the Donalsonville West quadrangle. 2,833 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

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Donalsonville within Seminole County

On record in Donalsonville

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 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Donalsonville grew from 2,796 to 2,833 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
20002,796
20102,650-146 (-5%)
20202,833+183 (+7%)

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

425 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 425 fires within 5 miles of Donalsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 993 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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 burning299
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2016Debris and open burning4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MILLER-006
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donalsonville in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 9 injuries. 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
March 2005Tornado (F2)Donalsonville1 killed, 8 hurt, $1,500,000A tornado touched down just south of U.S. Highway 84. It destroyed seven mobile homes and damaged 17 others. Many trees and power lines were down. A woman was killed when the tornado demolished her mobile home. Eight people suffered minor injuries. The storm survey was conducted by the NWS Tallahassee WCM and SOO.
March 1996Tornado (F1)Donalsonville1 hurt, $100,000no account filed
April 2011LightningDonalsonville$1,000,000Lightning sparked a large fire in down-town Donalsonville. The fire consumed the businesses on the east side of Cherry Street and burned about one half of a city block. Two beauty shops, an insurance agency, a pool hall, a gift shop, and a gym were among the businesses damaged in the fire. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$100,000Two homes were damaged by trees along with damage to barns and sheds in Seminole county.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$100,000A roof was blown off a house. A peanut shed and two mobile homes were damaged. Reported by the Seminole County EMA.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$50,000A building collapsed at Martin Recycling Company in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around Donalsonville. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the center of the county.
April 2014LightningDonalsonville$10,000WTVY reported that lightning destroyed a storage building with thousands of dollars of music equipment inside of it near Donalsonsville. Campers say they saw a lightning bolt directly hit the barn. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000A transformer was down on Three Notch Road just north of Joel Pool Road.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Trees and power lines down at U.S. Highway 84 and GA Highway 38.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 84 in Donalsonville.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Several large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$3,000Trees were blown down on Wiley Street and South Morris Street in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000One power pole was blown down in at West 2nd Street and South Wiley Ave.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line in Donalsonville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000An awning was blown off a building in downtown Donalsonville. A tree was also blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000Downed trees and power lines reported by the Seminole County Sheriff.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$1,000A few downed trees and power lines on Highway 91 reported by the Seminole County EMA.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down onto a power line off Burl Lane Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-The UGA mesonet station in Donalsonville gusted to 61 mph.
May 2023FloodDonalsonville-Minor flooding was reported along Highway 91 N at Burl Lane Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-An Ambient weather station gusted to 68 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-An Ambient station gusted to 50 knots.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down on East 5th Street.
July 2021Flash FloodDonalsonville-Significant street flooding occurred in Donalsonville due to rainfall of 3-5 inches in 1-2 hours. Social media pictures confirmed the flooding.
September 2020Flash FloodDonalsonville-Flooding was reported near Highway 84 and Tennille Ave.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down just south of Donalsonville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down in Donalsonville.
March 1993HailDonalsonville-Hail accumulated up to 2 inches in depth along Georgia Highway 91 in western Seminole County.
July 2011HailDonalsonville-no account filed
March 1993HailDonalsonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Pine Lake Estates1.2 miles8
Town and Country Estates1.4 miles8
Little Hope2.5 miles8
Sharphagen3.0 miles8
Iron City4.0 miles8
Lela4.0 miles12
Riverturn5.0 miles13
Steam Mill6.8 miles13

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 DonalsonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2598606The 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 331568. 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.