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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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
Donalsonville Historic Districtlisted 2002
Seminole County Courthouselisted 1980- Southeastern Holiness Institutelisted 1982
Population over time
3 figuresDonalsonville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,796 | |
| 2010 | 2,650 | -146 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 2,833 | +183 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Donalsonville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
425 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 299 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MILLER-006 |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Donalsonville | 1 killed, 8 hurt, $1,500,000 | A 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 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Donalsonville | 1 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Lightning | Donalsonville | $1,000,000 | Lightning 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $100,000 | Two homes were damaged by trees along with damage to barns and sheds in Seminole county. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $100,000 | A roof was blown off a house. A peanut shed and two mobile homes were damaged. Reported by the Seminole County EMA. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $50,000 | A building collapsed at Martin Recycling Company in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around Donalsonville. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the center of the county. |
| April 2014 | Lightning | Donalsonville | $10,000 | WTVY 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $5,000 | A transformer was down on Three Notch Road just north of Joel Pool Road. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down at U.S. Highway 84 and GA Highway 38. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 84 in Donalsonville. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $5,000 | Several large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down on Wiley Street and South Morris Street in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $2,000 | One power pole was blown down in at West 2nd Street and South Wiley Ave. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line in Donalsonville. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $2,000 | An 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $2,000 | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Seminole County Sheriff. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | $1,000 | A few downed trees and power lines on Highway 91 reported by the Seminole County EMA. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | A tree was blown down onto a power line off Burl Lane Road. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | The UGA mesonet station in Donalsonville gusted to 61 mph. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Donalsonville | - | Minor flooding was reported along Highway 91 N at Burl Lane Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | An Ambient weather station gusted to 68 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | An Ambient station gusted to 50 knots. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | A tree was blown down on East 5th Street. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Donalsonville | - | Significant street flooding occurred in Donalsonville due to rainfall of 3-5 inches in 1-2 hours. Social media pictures confirmed the flooding. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Donalsonville | - | Flooding was reported near Highway 84 and Tennille Ave. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | A tree was blown down just south of Donalsonville. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalsonville | - | A tree was blown down in Donalsonville. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Donalsonville | - | Hail accumulated up to 2 inches in depth along Georgia Highway 91 in western Seminole County. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Donalsonville | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Donalsonville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lake Estates | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Town and Country Estates | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Little Hope | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sharphagen | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Iron City | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lela | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Riverturn | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Steam Mill | 6.8 miles | 13 |
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 Donalsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2598606 | 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 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.




