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Ivey, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31031. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gordon quadrangle. 1,037 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Ivey within Wilkinson County

Population over time

3 figures

Ivey fell from 1,100 to 1,037 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,100
2010981-119 (-11%)
20201,037+56 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Ivey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,077 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 17 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 burning184
Smoking43
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural19
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance6

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-006
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-009
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-007
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BALDWIN011
22 September 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WILKINSON004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Ivey: 11 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Hardie MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Toddville Plant No. 2 and 6ClayProducer
Drill Site 1AluminumProspect
General Refractories MineAluminumPast Producer
Dixie MineKaolinProducer
Fountain Road PitKaolinOccurrence
Ga Kaolin Mine 58KaolinProducer
Ga Kaolin Mine 59KaolinProducer
Ga Kaolin Mine 67KaolinProducer
Georgia Kaolin Company.KaolinOccurrence

Every working recorded in Wilkinson County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivey in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
March 2023Flash FloodIvey$100,000The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a dam breach at Lake Tchukolako following a period of heavy rainfall. In the preceding 36-hours, the area of the lake and the immediate upstream basin received 3 to 5 inches of rain, causing the dam to be overwhelmed. Although the dam failed at approximately 1 AM EST March 28, it was being monitored for 'imminent failure' through the day March 27. The failure resulted in flooding and the subsequent closure of Wrigley Road. This dam had previously failed in May 2020, and repairs were complete in summer 2022.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindIvey$25,000The Wilinson County 911 Center reported that an apparent microburst or downburst blew down dozen of trees and at least 10 power lines across the county. According to the radar data, winds up to 60 mph, and in a few cases likely in excess of 60 mph, likely occurred across the north central, central, and west central part of the county from northeast of Ivey to west of Irwinton.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindIvey$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindIvey$1,000The Wilkinson County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Gordon McIntyre Road.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindIvey$250The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down on Georgia Highway 243.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindIvey-Trees and powerlines down along with some tops of trees twisted or snapped. Tin roof blown off storehouse.
April 2009HailIvey-The public observed penny-sized hail in the far northern part of the county near Ivey.
May 2008HailIvey-The public observed penny-sized hail north of Ivey at the Holiday Hills Country Club, near the Baldwin county line.

Every storm recorded in Wilkinson 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
Gordon2.8 miles10
Carr Corners (historical)3.7 miles12
Mount Carmel (historical)4.2 miles12
Clayfields4.2 miles9
Massey Hill4.4 miles9
Brooks4.8 miles10
Dedrich5.0 miles13
Youngblood Corners (historical)5.5 miles12

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 IveyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261387The 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 332071. 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.