BlockGodfrey, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Godfrey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30650. The Survey maps it on the Shady Dale quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shady Dale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Godfrey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 854 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PUTNAM003 |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PUTNAM-003 |
| 2 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PUTNAM-004 |
| 16 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MORGAN-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Godfrey in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a couple of trees down in Godfrey. Seven to eight miles south of Madison had trees knocked over. Also had grass fire in Godfrey believed to be started by lightning. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $3,000 | The Morgan County 911 center reported a few trees blown down along Highway 83 from around Little River Road near Godfrey to Lions Club Road in Madison. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $2,000 | The Morgan County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines down. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $1,000 | Tree down at the intersection of little river road and walton mill road. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of glades road and seven islands road. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Godfrey | $1,000 | The Morgan County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a tree, starting a fire in a field between Madison and Godfrey in the southwest part of the county. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | $1,000 | The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down in southern Morgan county near the Putnam county line. U.S. Highway 411 was blocked at the county line. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | - | A tree was downed on Little River Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | - | Multiple trees were downed along Seven Islands Rd. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godfrey | - | Tree blown down on Little River Road and Hwy 83 South. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Godfrey | - | A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail just north of Godfrey. Radar supported that hail of similar, perhaps larger size, continued to the Putnam county border south and southeast of Godfrey. The storm spotter and the Morgan County 911 Center also reported that a couple of trees were blown down. This same storm spotter also estimated wind gusts to be on the order of 60 mph, but tree damage in the area did not support this. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Godfrey | - | The public observed a funnel cloud in the Godfrey area. Doppler radar supported this observation. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Aqua (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bethany | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brownwood | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Reese | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Beacon Heights | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dickson | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Madison | 10.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356040. 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.