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Fitzpatrick, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31044. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle.

Fitzpatrick within Twiggs County

On record in Fitzpatrick

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

522 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 522 fires within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,865 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 97 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 burning246
Arson/incendiarism97
Railroad operations and maintenance44
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Smoking27
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning58 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-TWIGGS-006
30 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-TWIGGS-005
26 September 1996Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TWIGGS-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twiggs County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick: 40 past producers, 19 producers, 3 occurrences. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Clay, Kaolin, Fullers Earth. 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
Fullers Earth MineFullers EarthPast Producer
General Reduction Co. MineKaolin, AluminumPast Producer
Georgia Kaolin Mine No. 11AluminumPast Producer
Nord Kaolin CompanyClay, KaolinOccurrence
Dry Branch MillClayProducer
Georgia Kaolin Company.ClayOccurrence
J.M. HuberClayOccurrence
MineClayPast Producer
Tharpe MineClayProducer
17 MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Twiggs County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fitzpatrick in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Fitzpatrick$4,000,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the same thunderstorm that earlier spawned the destructive EF2 tornado that tracked across Bibb county into western Twiggs county, shortly thereafter spawned yet another EF0 to EF1 tornado across central and east central Twiggs county. The tornado, which initially touched down as an EF0 tornado just east-southeast of Fitzpatrick, briefly strengthened to an EF1 tornado as it moved east, then sporadically fluctuated between EF1 and EF0 intensity as it continued on an almost due eastward track into Wilkinson county, crossing into Wilkinson county about 4 1/3 miles southeast of Myricks Mill. The tornado touched down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Myricks Mill Road where the roof of a church was destroyed. Four other churches sustained minor damage, along with 30 homes, mostly from downed trees. Five vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Tons of trees were either uprooted or twisted throughout the area, leaving several roads blocked and closed, including parts of Interstate 16. A number of power lines were also knocked down. Maximum sustained winds of the tornado within Twiggs county were estimated to be 90 mph, with a maximum path width of 100 yards. While the overall path length of this tornado was 25 miles, just a little over five miles of the path occurred within Twiggs county.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$4,000The Twiggs County 911 center reported a few trees blown down in the Dry Branch area along Doyle Drive and Brown Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$3,000Several trees down near Old Gordon Rd and Kaolin-Heights Rd.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$2,500The Twiggs County 911 Center reported 10 trees down across the county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$2,000Two trees down along riggins mill road and parker road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on Sgoda Rd.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$2,000The Twiggs County 911 Center reported tress blown down on Ridge Road east of Dry Branch.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$1,000Tree down at Black Bottom Rd and Wimberely Cir.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$1,000Tree down on Parker Rd near hwy 19.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick$1,000Report of tree down on Ridge Rd near the intersection with Hwy 57.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFitzpatrick-Tree and powerlines reported down at the intersection of Old Gordon Rd and Black Bottom Rd.

Every storm recorded in Twiggs 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
Ripley2.0 miles11
Myricks Mill4.1 miles10
Dry Branch4.8 miles10
Marion6.0 miles11
Jeffersonville6.4 miles11
Huber7.0 miles11
Reids7.2 miles11
Bullard8.8 miles11

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 FitzpatrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888767The 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 355810. 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.