Dover, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rocky Ford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Simmons Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1939Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,038 acres in total. 12 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 | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BULLOCH-002 |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SCREVEN-006 |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-BULLOCH-003 |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 9.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-SCREVEN-003 |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SCREVEN-017 |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BULLOCH-013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Dover | $30,000 | Screven County Emergency Manager reported that the Herbert Jacobs Dam has been breached. Large trees and debris were swept across Highway 17. Pond was emptied in about 20 minutes. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $16,000 | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree brought down power poles near the intersection of Effingham Highway and Highway 301. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $10,000 | Large oak tree was reported down on a trailer near the intersection of Jarroll Pond Road and Dorsey Clark Road. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dover | $5,000 | Several reports of road closures along Highway 301, including Capitola Road and Edenfield Road. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $5,000 | A trained weather spotter reported 3 large oak trees uprooted on Jarrell Pond Road, 2 miles east of Cooperville, Georgia. Several other trees and power lines were blown down, with several of the trees snapped at the top. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $4,750 | The media reported trees and powerlines down along with a damage to a carport. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a couple trees down along Dover Road and Highway 17 one mile northeast of Dover Georgia. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $500 | The Public reported several 3 inch diameter Magnolia Tree limbs knocked down along with penny size hail, in Dover, Georgia. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $500 | An NWS Employee reported 1 tree down along State Road 17, 3 miles East of Dover. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $500 | A post office employee reported a power line down in front of the Paradise Motel in Dover, Georgia. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Statesboro Highway near the intersection with Dover Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Dover Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a couple trees down on Highway 301 near Dover. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Statesboro Highway and Highway 17. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Dorsey Clark Road and Highway 17. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dover | - | Highway 17 and Route 301 near Coopersville are closed due to earlier torrential rains and also due to a partial breach of the nearby earthen dam on the pond at Herbert Jacobs Farm. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Dover | - | A tornado moved out of Bulloch county into the extreme southern part of the county. Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Large limbs and power lines down. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Dover | - | Golf ball-size hail fell in Dover near the Screven/Bulloch County line. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperville | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cameron | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ogeechee | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Double Heads | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Halcyondale | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Captolo | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Goloid | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Rocky Ford | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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 Dover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986584 | 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 355538. 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.










