Homerville, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Homerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31634. The Survey maps it on the Homerville East quadrangle. 2,344 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

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Homerville within Clinch County

On record in Homerville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Clinch County Courthouselisted 1980
Clinch County Jaillisted 1980

Population over time

2 figures

Homerville fell from 2,456 to 2,344 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	2,456
2020	2,344	-112 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Homerville East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Photographs

4 photographs, 1937

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hauling turpentine gum from the woods to the still near Homerville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Turpentine "chipper" and slashed tree near Homerville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Turpentine "chipper" near Homerville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Bank at Homerville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Homerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,790 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 34 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	152
Natural	52
Arson/incendiarism	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Recreation and ceremony	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Smoking	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
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CLINCH-015
3 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CLINCH-024
27 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CLINCH-009
18 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CLINCH-008
18 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	7.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinch County

Storms near this place

60 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homerville in 84 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 57 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 6 heavy rain, 2 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
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$25,000	Large tree fell on a home.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$25,000	Mobile home destroyed.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$20,000	Roof blown off of house at Hwy 441. Spotter reports of severe winds.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$15,000	Trees and power lines blown down. Home on West Forest Avenue had roof damage.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$10,000	Numerous large trees and power lines down along the Thelma Highway.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$10,000	Multiple large trees down one on a house.
May 2023	Flood	Homerville	$5,000	Flood water entered a restaurant in Homerville. The water was ankle deep. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$4,500	One home with minor damage. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$4,000	Several large trees were uprooted or blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large tress and power lines were blown down.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$2,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2012	Lightning	Homerville	$1,000	Lightning struck a transformer in Homerville. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$1,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$1,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$1,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$600	Several large trees were blown down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$500	Large trees were blown down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$500	Large tree and power lines were blown down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$500	Large trees blocked US-441.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	$50	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree was blown down.
April 2021	Hail	Homerville	-	Quarter size hail was reported on Moonshadow Road. The time of the event was based on radar.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Trees were blown down near Homerville.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Power lines and trees were blown down along Shiloh Highway.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Powerlines were blown down along Highway 187. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree was blown down across Highway 84 in Homerville. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Power lines were blown down on County Road 37 in Homerville. The time was based on radar.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A power line was blown down on Sand Hill Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree was blown down along West Plant Avenue in Homerville.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Trees and power lines were blown down across Homerville city limits. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
June 2010	Hail	Homerville	-	Quarter size hail was reported at the corner of Kight Street and Wiregrass Street in Homerville. Half inch size hail was also observed.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree was blown down on East Dame Avenue. Residents reported other trees down in the area.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Power lines were blown down south of Homerville.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A trained Spotter reorted a tree down.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree fell on a pool house near the Clinch County Airport.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Estimated 55 to 60 mph wind gusts reported. Power was out in about half of the City of Homerville.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	A tree was blown down on a power line at 141 Wireglass Extension.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Power lines were blown down on West Plant Avenue.
June 2008	Hail	Homerville	-	Minor street flooding was also reported in Homerville.
September 2007	Heavy Rain	Homerville	-	A spotter measured 2.5 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Homerville	-	A side road on the westside of Homerville was covered by 4 to 6 inches of water. Two to four inches of standing water also covered portions of Highway 84 just east of Homerville.
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Homerville	-	A spotter reported at least 3 inches of standing water was over roads about 2 miles southeast of Homerville. A car was run off the road into a culvert along Highway 441. Three inches of rainfall was measured from 830-1115 pm local time in Homerville.
August 2007	Funnel Cloud	Homerville	-	A spotter reported a funnel cloud in Osteen over Highway 441.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Multiple windows broken on northwest side of town.
October 2003	Hail	Homerville	-	Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail reported by the general public, trained spotters and emergency management in and near the City of Homerville. Total of four (4) separate reports in a 10 minute time frame.
October 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Homerville	-	Emergency manager reported numerous trees down on power lines in downtown Homerville.
July 2002	Flood	Homerville	-	Extensive street flooding.
May 2012	Hail	Homerville	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Homerville	-	no account filed
April 2006	Heavy Rain	Homerville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinch 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Paletree	1.2 miles	9
Gillicon	1.6 miles	8
Cutting	3.4 miles	8
Traisville	3.6 miles	9
Midway	4.7 miles	7
Fivemile Still	4.7 miles	8
Argyle	5.8 miles	9
Du Pont	7.4 miles	6

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 Homerville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2481693	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 356319. 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.