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Homeland, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. The Survey maps it on the Folkston quadrangle. 886 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Homeland within Charlton County

Population over time

2 figures

Homeland fell from 910 to 886 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010910
2020886-24 (-3%)

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

473 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Homeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,575 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 76 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 burning211
Natural89
Arson/incendiarism76
Equipment and vehicle use36
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHARLTON-011
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlton County

Storms near this place

41 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homeland in 41 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland2 hurtA tree fell on a trailer home and injured two residents inside. The victims were taken to the local hospital. The extent of their injuries was unknown.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHomeland$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHomeland$2,000A spotter reported multiple downed trees and powerlines in the Folkston area. Some fires started with the downed powerlines. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of wind damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
August 2012LightningHomeland$2,000Lightning started a fire at a power substation in Folkston. Power outages were caused to customers in Charlton, Camden and Nassau counties. The cost of repair was estimated.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHomeland$500A tree was blown down at the intersection of Orange and Lincoln Streets in the town of homeland. The time of damage was based on radar data. The cost of damage was estimated (truly unknown) for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Widespread power outages occurred. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHomeland-A home had wind damage along Highway 301, including multiple electric wires blown down. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2023HailHomeland-Multiple sizes of hail were reported near Homeland. The largest observed was golf ball size in diameter.
May 2023Heavy RainHomeland-A mesonet station measured 4.16 inches of rainfall in 12 hours.
July 2022Heavy RainHomeland-A mesonet station DW5249 measured 3.42 inches of rainfall between 6 pm local time and 8:45 pm local time.
June 2020Heavy RainHomeland-A resident in Folkston measured over 5 inches of rainfall since 6 pm.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHomeland-A tree was snapped in Folkston near Georgia Highway 40 and Camp Pinckney Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph just east of Folkston off of Dora Llloyd Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindHomeland-The public estimated a wind gust to 70 mph just east of Folkston.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Trees were blown down near Highway 121 and U.S. Highway 1 and Gardner Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHomeland-A tree was blown down on Union Street.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHomeland-A tree was blown down. Time of damage based on radar.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Trees and power lines were blown down in Folkston. The time of the event damage was based on radar.
May 2012Heavy RainHomeland-Storm total rainfall during Beryl was 4.75 inches.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Numerous trees and a few power lines were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Winds of 60 mph were estimated in Folkston.
June 2010Heavy RainHomeland-Water was covering all lanes of Highway 1 in downtown Folkston causing major traffic slowdowns.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Numerous reports of trees blown down were received by the Charlton County Police Department. One tree fell on a home at 87 Shady Lane in Folkston.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines near Highway 252. The event time was based on radar.
April 2009HailHomeland-Hail ranging in size from marble to half dollars was reported in the Camp Pinkney community.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Numerous power lines were blown down across eastern Charlton county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Several trees were blown down in Homeland and Folkston.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-The Cedar Ridge RV Park had several large trees down due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Numerous trees were blown down on Highway 40, about 2 miles east of Folkston.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Winds were estimated at 60 mph. The winds destroyed a pump house which supplied water for the main house.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-A fire tower operator reported power lines down in Homeland.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Trees were blown down on power lines off of U.S. Highway 1.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHomeland-The EMA reported 22 large trees were blown down throughout the county. The downed trees landed on four homes, two businesses and four trailer homes. The event lasted about 12 minutes.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Several trees were blown down and numerous power outages were reported associated with thunderstorm wind gust damage in Folkston.
June 2007HailHomeland-Nickel and quarter size hail fell in Folkston.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Several trees were blown down across the area.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindHomeland-Trees down on River Rock Road. One tree fell through a house.
October 2008HailHomeland-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHomeland-no account filed
July 2004HailHomeland-no account filed
July 2004HailHomeland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charlton 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
Layton1.8 miles17
Folkston1.9 miles11
Oakdale2.1 miles11
Pinehurst2.5 miles17
Camp Pinkney (historical)2.7 miles17
Paxton2.8 miles11
Centerville (historical)2.9 miles17
Uptonville3.9 miles10

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 HomelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1941443The 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 315599. 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.