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Ludowici, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ludowici South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31316. It stands on Hall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ludowici quadrangle. 1,590 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Ludowici within Long County

On record in Ludowici

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ludowici fell from 1,703 to 1,590 between 2010 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
20101,703
20201,590-113 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

427 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 427 fires within 5 miles of Ludowici between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,844 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 132 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 burning176
Arson/incendiarism132
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking9

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 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-LONG-005
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-LONG-008
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Long 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 Ludowici: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Morgan Lake PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Long County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludowici in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 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
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLudowici$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLudowici$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLudowici$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds in Ludowici.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLudowici$2,000Large oak tree down in yard.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLudowici$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindLudowici$750One large tree and several large tree limbs were reported down across Jones Creek Loop, 5 miles north-northwest of Doctortown, Georgia. Pea sized hail was also reported.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLudowici$500Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down within Ludowici.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Long County dispatch reported two trees down in the county.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLudowici-The Long County Warning Point reported trees down in the area of Hilton Junction.
May 2008HailLudowici-Quarter size hail was reported by a trained weather spotter along the Wayne and Long County line.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Ludowici police reported damage to sheds and car ports. Damage in Sand Hills subdivision.
October 2005Flash FloodLudowici-Heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Tammy washed out Lee Place Road.
October 2005HailLudowici-Quarter size hail fell along Highway 301 northwest of Ludowici.
October 2005HailLudowici-Penny size hail fell along highway 38.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines.
July 2004HailLudowici-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail fell just west of the the Liberty County airport, but in Long county. Wind gust to 50 mph were also reported.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.
September 2004Flash FloodLudowici-Heavy rainfall flooded roads across the county.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, one of which fell on a house.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Several trees and large limbs were down.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Numerous trees down in and around the town of Ludowici
July 2002Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees and power lines were down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Wind knocked down several trees and large limbs which also brought down some power lines.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees and power lines down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Power lines down
March 2000Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Several trees and large limbs down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Powerlines down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees and large limbs down.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindLudowici-A couple of trees down.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindLudowici-Trees and powerlines down.
June 1994HailLudowici-Nickel sized hail covered the ground to the depth of one to two inches in the town of Ludowici.
June 2006HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2005HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2005HailLudowici-no account filed
July 2004HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2003HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2003HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2003HailLudowici-no account filed
March 2003HailLudowici-no account filed
May 1999HailLudowici-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLudowici-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLudowici-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLudowici-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Long 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
Brewer (historical)3.8 miles13
Aimar4.9 miles17
Wefanie5.8 miles16
Elim7.0 miles17
Roderick (historical)7.3 miles16
Tibet (historical)9.6 miles13
Donald9.7 miles16
Smiley Crossroads10.8 miles16

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 LudowiciAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2734987The 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 356371. 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.