Irwinville, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Irwinville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31774. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Irwinville quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
On record in Irwinville
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 1 record
Jefferson Davis Capture Sitelisted 1980
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Georgia DOT Bridge No. 155-00032-001.54E, Spanning Sand Creek at State Route 32, Irwinvillefederal building survey, 6 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Irwinville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
8 of 30 photographs shown, 1935 to 1939Taken 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.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Mydans, Carl, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Irwin County
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Irwinville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,119 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 21 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 | 180 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-IRWIN-004 |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020IRWIN008 |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-IRWIN-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Irwinville: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irwinville in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew out windows in a few homes and downed several large trees. At least 50 pecan trees in one orchard were uprooted, snapped in half or blown away. |
| December 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $5,000 | The Irwin County EMA reported downed trees and power lines. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $4,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down throughout Irwin county. |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $3,000 | The Irwin County Sheriff reported several downed trees throughout the county. Power lines were down at U.S. Highway 319 and State Highway 32 West. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $1,000 | Downed trees reported by the Irwin County Sheriff. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $1,000 | Downed trees blocked a county road. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | $1,000 | Numerous trees down. Reported by the Irwin County EMA. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | - | An oak tree snapped in Irwinville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irwinville | - | A tree was blown down onto Taylor Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Irwinville | - | Water was reported over Jackson Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Irwinville | - | Water was reported over Jeff Davis Park Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Irwinville | - | CM Dove Road was flooded and closed. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Irwinville | - | Half dollar size hail was estimated near Irwinville. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Irwinville | - | The Mitchell County Sheriff reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Irwinville | - | Dime size hail. Reported by the Irwin County EMA. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Irwinville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Irwinville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Irwinville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Irwinville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6075163 | 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 315947. 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.




