Marshall, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31015. The Survey maps it on the Warwick quadrangle.

Marshall within Crisp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1977 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Marshall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 23 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	149
Arson/incendiarism	23
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1

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 2016	Debris and open burning	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CRISP-002
8 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CRISP-007
6 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crisp County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2009	Flood	Marshall	$1,200,000	The Crisp County Emergency Management Director reported extensive flooding across Crisp county as a result of rainfall of five inches or more that had fallen on saturated ground from several prior weeks of wet conditions and above normal rainfall. Several roads within the county had to be closed as culverts were washed out and the roads were rendered impassable. Many roads in the Cordele area were inundated with high water during the height of the flooding and had to be closed. In addition, several homes in the Cordele area sustained significant flood damage.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$25,000	The Crisp County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from Cork Ferry Road area on Lake Blackshear to the vicinity of Cemetery Road and Dockweiler Road northeast of Cordele. Some trees fell on homes, however no injuries were reported.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$8,000	The Crisp County 911 Center reported trees blown down from around Scenic Route and South Cedar Creek Road to Antioch Road and into Arabi.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$1,000	Tree downed across ga hwy 300 southbound at Lakeshore Drive.
April 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Marshall	-	A tornado touched down over Lake Blackshear with damage quickly occuring where Scenic Route meets North Cedar Creek Rd. Numerous trees, some large pines, were snapped near the base and uprooted as the tornado tracked along North Cedar Creek Rd toward South Coney Rd. Several homes received significant damage due to falling trees with some rood damage, mainly to tin roofs getting peeled back. Max winds estimated at 100 mph. The tornado continued to track northeast where it continued to snap smaller trees. A farm picot irrigation system was flipped near South Coney Rd. A few trees were also snaped along McKinney Rd and just north along GA Hwy 300. Another pivot was flipped between GA Hwy 300 and Pateville Rd with a few tops of trees seen snapped from aerial survey.

Every storm recorded in Crisp 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bridges	1.6 miles	7
Raines	2.0 miles	8
Milldale (historical)	3.1 miles	8
Hardin	3.9 miles	7
Pateville	4.1 miles	7
Coney	6.0 miles	8
Daphne (historical)	6.8 miles	8
Wenona	6.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332324. 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.