Mystic, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ocilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31774. The Survey maps it on the Ocilla West quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
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
- 1973 USGS Ocilla West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1977Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Marshall, Howard W. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Mystic between 1992 and 2019, burning about 675 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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 | 183 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-IRWIN-004 |
| 29 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-IRWIN-004 |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mystic: 1 occurrence. 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 |
Storms near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mystic in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Lightning | Mystic | 1 killed | A man was struck and killed by lightning outside his house. Reported by the Irwin County EMA. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | $20,000 | Multiple sheds were blown away near Mystic. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | $1,000 | Irwin county 911 dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 107 one mile into Irwin county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | - | Downed trees were reported on Whitley Street. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Mystic | - | Water was reported over McCraine Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Mystic | - | Water was reported over Black Gum Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Mystic | - | Bussel Pond Report was reported underwater. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Mystic | - | Mimosa Road was flooded and closed. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Mystic | - | Ping pong ball size hail was estimated via photo from the town of Mystic. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | - | A tree was blown down on the dirt end of Bussell Pond off of Pinetta. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Mystic | - | A funnel cloud was sighted in Mystic. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mystic | - | The public reported penny size hail covering the ground. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinetta | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Irwinville | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ocilla | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lands Crossroads | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Waterloo | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Abba | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Riverbend | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Holt | 10.0 miles | 7 |
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 Mystic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058908 | 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 319187. 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.




