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Lumber City, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lumber City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31549. The Survey maps it on the Lumber City quadrangle. 967 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

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Lumber City within Telfair County

Population over time

2 figures

Lumber City fell from 1,328 to 967 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
20101,328
2020967-361 (-27%)

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.

Fires near this place

410 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 410 fires within 5 miles of Lumber City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,469 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 89 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
Arson/incendiarism89
Equipment and vehicle use67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural23
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFF DAVIS-020
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-TELFAIR-020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Telfair County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lumber City: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Telfair County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lumber City in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 WindLumber City$50,000Numerous large trees toppled by thunderstorm winds damaged several power transformers.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindLumber City$3,000The Lumber City police department reported that two power lines were down, two railroad crossing arms were damaged, and a few trees were also blown down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLumber City$2,000The Telfair County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Lumber City area.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindLumber City$2,000The Telfair County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Lumber City area near the Wheeler county line.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLumber City$2,000The Telfair County 911 Center reported that up to four trees were down in the Lumber City area, one of which was actually in Wheeler county. One of the trees were down on a roadway. In addition, one power line was also down in the area.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindLumber City$1,000The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Highway 117 southwest of Lumber City.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLumber City$1,000The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto Cheney Street in Lumber City.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLumber City$1,000no account filed
March 2020Flash FloodLumber City-A report of flash flooding was relayed through social media. Report indicated that water was flowing across the intersection of Main Street and Golden Isle Parkway. Radar estimates indicate 4 to 6 inches of rain fell over the area, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.
June 2019Flash FloodLumber City-Local officials related a report of water over the road on Georgia Highway 117, approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Lumber City. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area in a short period of time, causing a small creek to become overwhelmed, rise out of its banks, and cover the roadway.
June 2019Flash FloodLumber City-Local officials reported flooding of Main Street in Lumber City. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area over a short period of time, causing water to accumulate in the roadway.
April 2017HailLumber City-The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail on Fishing Creek Road.
May 2010HailLumber City-The Telfair County 911 Center observed nickel-sized hail in the Lumber City area along the Telfair/Montgomery county line. A couple of trees were also blown down in the area.
April 2009Funnel CloudLumber City-The Telfair County 911 Center relayed a report of a funnel cloud about halfway between Lumber City and Jacksonville near Georgia Highway 17. This coincided with a distinct mesoscale circulation detected on the Doppler radar in this area at the time.
April 2009HailLumber City-Employees at the United States Post Office in Lumber City observed quarter-sized hail.
June 2000HailLumber City-The Lumber City police reported golfball size hail.
August 1999HailLumber City-Lumber City police reported dime size hail. A power line was also reported down on highway 117 near Jacksonville,

Every storm recorded in Telfair 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
Towns6.5 miles9
Cedarpark8.9 miles8
Scotland11.0 miles9
Neily12.6 miles7
Workmore13.8 miles7
McRae15.1 miles9
Helena16.0 miles9
Cobbville16.1 miles7

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 Lumber CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261066The 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 356372. 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.