Ellenton, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Berlin-Ellenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31747. The Survey maps it on the Ellenton quadrangle. 210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEllenton fell from 281 to 210 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 281 | |
| 2020 | 210 | -71 (-25%) |
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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1977Taken 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.
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Ellenton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 725 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-COLQUITT-004 |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-009 |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COLQUITT-009 |
| 9 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COLQUITT-001 |
| 21 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-COLQUITT-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ellenton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenton in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $20,000 | Numerous trees were down. Several tin roofs were damaged. Reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $10,000 | Several trees were down. One tree fell on a trailer and another on a vacant house. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $5,000 | An unoccupied mobile home was flipped over. Several trees were blown down. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $3,000 | Trees were blown down on Round Tree Bridge Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Ellenton | - | Water was reported over the road near Highway 97 and Cannon Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | - | A tree was blown down on Blue Bird Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayboro (historical) | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cool Springs | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pineboro | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Weldon (historical) | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Berlin | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Barbers | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Norman Park | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kirkwood | 9.2 miles | 9 |
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 Ellenton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2169647 | 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 331648. 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.




