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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Population over time
2 figuresLumber 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,328 | |
| 2020 | 967 | -361 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lumber City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
410 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 184 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JEFF DAVIS-020 |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TELFAIR-020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $50,000 | Numerous large trees toppled by thunderstorm winds damaged several power transformers. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $3,000 | The 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $2,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Lumber City area. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $2,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Lumber City area near the Wheeler county line. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $2,000 | The 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $1,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Highway 117 southwest of Lumber City. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $1,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto Cheney Street in Lumber City. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lumber City | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Lumber 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Lumber 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Lumber 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 2017 | Hail | Lumber City | - | The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail on Fishing Creek Road. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lumber 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 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Lumber 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 2009 | Hail | Lumber City | - | Employees at the United States Post Office in Lumber City observed quarter-sized hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Lumber City | - | The Lumber City police reported golfball size hail. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Lumber City | - | Lumber City police reported dime size hail. A power line was also reported down on highway 117 near Jacksonville, |
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.
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261066 | 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 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.




