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Hortense, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nahunta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31543. The Survey maps it on the Hortense quadrangle. 252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Hortense within Brantley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Hortense between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,716 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 65 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 burning140
Arson/incendiarism65
Natural38
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking3

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BRANTLEY018
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WAYNE015
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BRANTLEY-011
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BRANTLEY-010
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brantley County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hortense in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHortense$50,000About one hundred trees were blown down near Hortense. Many trees were large oaks. One mobile home was destroyed and two mobile homes were damaged. There was significant damage to a roof of a business. A large drum filled with liquid was carried about 80 yards. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHortense$15,000Buildings were damaged by thunderstorm winds. One mobile home was damaged due to the roof being blown off at 1394 Hortense Road. Two barns were destroyed by thunderstorm winds. One barn was located at 235 Horsestomp Road. The other barn was located at 2078 Old Highway 32. At 11766 Raybon Road West a tree was blown over and landed on a carport with the car still underneath. At 1597 Highway 32 West, trees uprooted and caused damage to pool concrete. A wooden fence, wire fence, and gate were also damaged. The time of wind damage was estimated and based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was estimated...and is likely an underestimate.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHortense$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindHortense$2,000Numerous trees were blown down in Hortense. Two large oaks were blown down onto Church Road. The cost of tree removal was estimated.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHortense$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHortense$500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHortense$200A tree fell on a powerline along Satilla | Church Rd. The time was estimated by radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2025Heavy RainHortense-Personal weather station 78 Brauda Hill KGAHORTE28 measured 2.0 inches of rain in one hour. Rainfall began around 4 PM.
April 2023HailHortense-Nickel to dime size hail was observed in Hortense. The time of the report was based on radar data.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHortense-A tree was blown down in Hortense along Highway 32.
April 2020HailHortense-Quarter size hail coated the ground in Hortense.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHortense-A tree was blown down on Arthur Sloan Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2015Funnel CloudHortense-Several reports of a funnel cloud were received from the Hortense area. Some lawn items were blown around.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHortense-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHortense-Trees were blown down along Highway 32 west of Hortense. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
March 2011HailHortense-Golf-ball size hail lasted for 7 minutes and completely covered the ground.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHortense-Power lines were blown down west of Hortense along Highway 32.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindHortense-Several trees were blown down near highway 301 with power outages to 100 customers reported by the local utility company.
May 2008HailHortense-The Brantley County Fire Department reported quarter size hail in Hortense.
May 2008HailHortense-Brantley County Emergency Management reported penny size hail in Hortense.
May 2008HailHortense-Nickel size hail was reported by a trained spotter on U.S. 301 in Wayne county near Hortense.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHortense-A large tree was blown down and partially blocking Hortense Screven Road.
May 2014HailHortense-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindHortense-no account filed
July 2001HailHortense-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brantley 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
Manson (historical)1.2 miles14
Trudie2.5 miles14
Needmore3.0 miles14
Raybon5.1 miles14
Fendig6.1 miles15
Prosperity8.7 miles17
Lulaton8.8 miles17
Burton Terrace9.2 miles17

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 HortenseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5906681The 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 332031. 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.