Fowlstown, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Attapulgus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39815. The Survey maps it on the Fowlstown quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fowlstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
325 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Fowlstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 55 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 | 234 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR028 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR025 |
| 25 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fowlstown in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Fowlstown | $75,000 | The same supercell thunderstorm which spawned the EF1 tornado in Gadsden County Florida produced a brief EF0 tornado about five miles west of Attapulgus. The tornado uprooted trees which fell on several homes along Stephens Jenkins Road. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Fowlstown | $5,000 | Priest Road was closed due to a washout from heavy rainfall in a short period of time. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down on Highway 309 near Baxley Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | $1,000 | Trees were blown down near the Fowlstown area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines were down about seven miles south of Bainbridge. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | - | A downed tree resulted in a power outage across the area. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowlstown | - | A tree was blown down and resulted in a power outage. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Fowlstown | - | Dime to nickel size hail was reported along Highway 309 S about 5 miles south of Bainbridge. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fowlstown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attapulgus | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Otisco | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Faceville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Laingkat | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bainbridge | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Amsterdam | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Climax | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| West Bainbridge | 8.7 miles | 12 |
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 Fowlstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20065166 | 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 355902. 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.






