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Huffer, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31533. The Survey maps it on the Douglas North quadrangle.

Huffer within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

376 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 376 fires within 5 miles of Huffer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 948 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 42 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 burning251
Arson/incendiarism42
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-COFFEE-006
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COFFEE-022
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COFFEE-013
30 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-COFFEE-017
27 September 2005Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COFFEE-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Huffer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burkett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huffer in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindHuffer$1,000Several trees were blown down along Highway 221 near Huffer. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHuffer$200A tree was blown down near the intersection of New Forest Highway and Strawberry Road. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
April 2023Funnel CloudHuffer-A funnel cloud was observed for about 3 minutes. The observer was unsure if there was a touchdown due to limited visibility and trees.
April 2016Flash FloodHuffer-An earthen dam along the edge of a pond next to U.S. Highway 221 near the town of Huffer collapsed. The water washed a car off of the road into a ditch. The driver had to be rescued.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHuffer-A tree was blown down on Highway 221 between Douglas and West Green. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHuffer-Trees were blown down along the Broxton-West Green Highway.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHuffer-Trees were blown down on Sand Hill Church Road and near Forrest Highway.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHuffer-Trees were blown down on a home and a vehicle at 2379 Highway 221 on the northeast side of Douglas. There were no injuries reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHuffer-Trees and power lines were blown down along State Road 221 and Beaver Creek.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHuffer-Winds blew down trees along the West Green Highway between Douglas and West Green.

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Cherokee Hills1.3 miles8
Oak Park3.0 miles8
Blystonel3.5 miles8
Lotts3.8 miles8
West Green4.7 miles8
Chatterton4.7 miles8
Douglas4.8 miles8
Upton6.0 miles7

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 Q122565408The 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 356327. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.