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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.

Irwinville within Irwin County

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

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.

Photographs

8 of 30 photographs shown, 1935 to 1939

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.

May Day-Health Day Queen and her attendants. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
May Day-Health Day Queen and her attendants. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Mrs. Coleman doing a washing. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Mrs. Coleman doing a washing. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
The Foster home. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
The Foster home. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Dr. Herman Dismude, Ocilla, Georgia, leaving Grady Watson home after treating a child. Dr. Dismude, by special arrangement, takes care of all residents of Irwinville Farms resettlement project at reduced rates
Dr. Herman Dismude, Ocilla, Georgia, leaving Grady Watson home after treating a child. Dr. Dismude, by special arrangement, takes care of all residents of Irwinville Farms resettlement project at reduced rates
Mydans, Carl, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Baseball game after May Day-Health Day festivities at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Baseball game after May Day-Health Day festivities at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
John Pope, son of farmer, at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
John Pope, son of farmer, at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress
Project office. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Project office. Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Rothstein, Arthur, 1935. Library of Congress
House at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
House at Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Vachon, John, 1938. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Irwin County

Fires near this place

273 since 1992

Regional 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 burning180
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2017Debris and open burning5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-IRWIN-004
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020IRWIN008
20 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-IRWIN-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Irwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium

Every working recorded in Irwin County

Storms near this place

19 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1993Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$500,000Thunderstorm 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 2005Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$5,000The Irwin County EMA reported downed trees and power lines.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$4,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$3,000Trees were blown down throughout Irwin county.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$3,000The 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 2004Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$1,000Downed trees reported by the Irwin County Sheriff.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$1,000Downed trees blocked a county road. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindIrwinville$1,000Numerous trees down. Reported by the Irwin County EMA.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindIrwinville-An oak tree snapped in Irwinville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIrwinville-A tree was blown down onto Taylor Road.
March 2020FloodIrwinville-Water was reported over Jackson Road.
March 2020FloodIrwinville-Water was reported over Jeff Davis Park Road.
March 2020FloodIrwinville-CM Dove Road was flooded and closed.
March 2019HailIrwinville-Half dollar size hail was estimated near Irwinville.
May 2006HailIrwinville-The Mitchell County Sheriff reported quarter size hail.
June 2001HailIrwinville-Dime size hail. Reported by the Irwin County EMA.
June 2023HailIrwinville-no account filed
July 1997HailIrwinville-no account filed
March 1996HailIrwinville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Irwin 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
Mystic3.1 miles8
Pinetta4.0 miles8
Lands Crossroads4.9 miles8
Waterloo6.2 miles8
Abba7.5 miles7
Arp7.5 miles7
Ocilla7.9 miles8
Riverbend12.6 miles9

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 IrwinvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6075163The 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.