BlockLothair, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Soperton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30457. The Survey maps it on the Lothair quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lothair quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
709 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 709 fires within 5 miles of Lothair between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,120 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 60 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 | 423 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TREUTLEN005 |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lothair in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $150,000 | The Treutlen County 911 Center and the public reported considerable wind damage in the Lothair community in the southwest part of the county. Most of the damage was along Rosemont Church Road. Here, two barns were destroyed, one of which was a 3-sided barn with a metal roof. The other, a large barn, completely lost its metal roof. Three homes had sustained moderate roof damage, and a mobile home sustained serious damage. On Georgia Highway 46, one home sustained major roof damage and broken windows from large hail. Many large trees were either blown down, splintered, or uprooted from Lothair to Soperton. Some roadways were blocked from downed trees. |
| December 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Lothair | $100,000 | A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a tornado, an EF2 at maximum intensity, tracked across southwest Treutlen county, west of Soperton. The tornado touched down as an EF1 in a heavily forested area approximately one mile southwest of Lothair. Significant tree damage was noted within the forested area as a result of the tornado. The tornado then strengthened to an EF2 as it moved northeast and reached the town of Lothair where a fire department building on Georgia Highway 199 was destroyed. The tornado then weakened back to an EF1 as it continued moving northeastward. A mobile home, about 1.5 miles northeast of Lothair, was completely destroyed by the tornado and another home was moved off its foundation. The tornado then weakened to an EF0 another mile to the northeast and lifted, but not before ripping a carport off a home and throwing it approximately 50 yards across the street. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $10,000 | The Treutlen County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down from Highway 221 and 56 near the Montgomery County line to near Highway 86 and Midway Road. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Lothair | $10,000 | The Soperton News reported that lightning struck and killed six steer. The steer were owned by a rodeo company in Texas. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $7,000 | The Treutlen County Emergency Management Director reported that a home in Soperton sustained minor damaged from straight-line thunderstorm winds. In addition, three trees were blown down near Lothair in the western part of the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $3,000 | Multiple trees down along Faith Church Rd. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Lothair | $3,000 | The Treutlen County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $2,000 | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the county, especially in the vicinity of Lothair. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $1,000 | Tree down in the roadway along Rosemont Church Rd near 113. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $1,000 | Large tree down across Riverbend Rd. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $1,000 | The Treutlen county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $1,000 | Two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lothair | - | Report of tree down at Lothair Church Rd and Hwy 199. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lothair | - | The Treutlen County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail near Soperton. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lothair | - | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported that quarter-sized hail fell across the county from Lothair in the southwest to near Gillis Springs in the northeast part of the county. Damage was observed to roofs and windows of homes in the Lothair community from strong winds and hail combined. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lothair | - | The public and the Treutlen County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail across the southern part of Treutlen county from Lothair, to Soperton, to Zaidee. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lothair | - | The public observed penny-sized hail. A few small trees and several tree limbs were also blown down in the area. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lothair | - | The Treutlen county EMA reported 4 trees knocked down in Lothair and 7 in Soperton. He also reported mothball to golf ball size hail. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnhill | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Soperton | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Orland | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Zaidee | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Orianna | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Blackville | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gillis Springs | 11.3 miles | 9 |
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 Lothair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6684683 | 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 332268. 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.