Gordydale, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31807. The Survey maps it on the Midland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Midland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Midland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Gordydale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 518 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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 | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HARRIS-006 |
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-HARRIS-002 |
| 28 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARRIS001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordydale in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordydale | $1,000 | A large tree down along highway 315 across from pine ridge elementary school. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordydale | - | Tree reported down at the intersection of Hwy 315 and Old Warm Springs Rd. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Gordydale | - | Emergency Manager reported at least eight county roads in southern Harris county along Highway 27 that were experiencing flash flooding due to heavy rainfall. Radar estimates indicated that 6 to 6.5 inches of rainfall occurred in the warned area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellerslie | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ossahatchie | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cataula | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rehobeth | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Turntime Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgeway | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waverly Hall | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bayard (historical) | 6.0 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567428 | 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 350966. 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.








