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Gordy, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sylvester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31791. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeboro quadrangle.

Gordy within Worth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

271 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Gordy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,558 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 36 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 burning194
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WORTH-003
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WORTH-011
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WORTH-010
21 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WORTH-003
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Arson/incendiarism7.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordy in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Flash FloodGordy-Flooding was reported on Spring Flats Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGordy-A tree was blown down onto York Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGordy-A tree was blown down onto Nutt Road.
March 2020FloodGordy-Flooding was reported on Wiregrass Road from Hopewell Road to Ben Peavy Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGordy-Trees were blown down in the Gordy area.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGordy-A tree was blown down onto Evergreen Road.
December 2016FloodGordy-Water was reported over Spring Flats Road due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
December 2005Tornado (F0)Gordy-The Worth County Sheriff reported a brief touchdown of a tornado near Highway 112 in Gordy. No damage was observed.

Every storm recorded in Worth 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
Alfords2.6 miles10
Parkerville3.9 miles10
Tempy4.0 miles10
Sylvester4.2 miles9
Gammage4.2 miles10
Willingham (historical)4.8 miles10
Indian Cove (historical)4.8 miles10
Deerfield Farm Estates5.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356060. 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.