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Nahunta, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Nahunta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31553. The Survey maps it on the Nahunta quadrangle. 1,013 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

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Nahunta within Brantley County

On record in Nahunta

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Nahunta fell from 1,053 to 1,013 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
20101,053
20201,013-40 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2017

Taken 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.

Characteristic old Georgia building with a pitched tin roof in Nahunta, Georgia
Characteristic old Georgia building with a pitched tin roof in Nahunta, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

415 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Nahunta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,722 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 75 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 burning197
Arson/incendiarism75
Natural57
Equipment and vehicle use36
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking2

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 2019Debris and open burning18 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BRANTLEY012
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BRANTLEY-011
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BRANTLEY-010
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BRANTLEY-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brantley County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nahunta in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
March 2024Tornado (EF2)Nahunta5 hurtA strong EF2 tornado tracked west to east parallel to Georgia Highway 82, about 2.5 to 3 miles SW of Nahunta. Touchdown was near Santa Fe Road. Extensive mobile home damage and tree damage occurred. Some homes were flattened, blown off of their foundations and completely destroyed. One mobile home was blown off of its foundation and launched into the nearby forest resulting in its total destruction along Matthews Cir. A large section of a roof was removed on a home at Matthews Circle. Additional mobile home and tree damage occurred near Long Lake Road and Buffalo Creek Dr.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNahunta$5,000Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds between Nahunta and Hoboken on U.S. Highway 82.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNahunta$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 82.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindNahunta$2,000Large trees blown down on power lines.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindNahunta$1,500no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNahunta$1,000Brantley 911 call center reported multiple trees were down throughout Nahunta. Brantley county EM reported multiple trees and power lines were down along Buffalo Creek Dr, Riverside rd, Satilla Ave and Main street. A pine tree fell on Hometown Pizza but there was no damage to the building. Mesonet station UGA81 Nahunta measured a 40 mph thunderstorm wind gust at 10:30 PM EST.
July 2024Heavy RainNahunta-A public weather station Harris Station - | KGANAHUN14 measured 4.04 inches from | training storms. Rain began around 2:25 PM | EDT.
July 2024FloodNahunta-Emergency manager reported 3 inches of rain within a half hour with local drainage ditches of the road filling up. Some local businesses have reported flooding in buildings.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNahunta-The University of Georgia Mesonet Site at the ZBLU Blueberry Farm south of US Highway 82 and west of US Highway 301 reported a 79 mph wind gust.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Trees were blown down in Nahunta.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Trees were blown down onto power lines.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Numerous trees were blown down across the eastern and central part of the county with a large concentration within the Nahunta city limits.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Trees were blown down within Nahunta. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Widespread trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNahunta-A tree was blown down blocking Highway 301. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
June 2012HailNahunta-Nickel size hail was reported on Velie St and on Wilson Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Trees and power lines were blown down. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNahunta-Roof damage occurred to a home on Cherry Street in Nahunta. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the east part of the county. The time of the roof damage event was based on radar.
April 2009HailNahunta-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail one half mile south of Nahunta.
April 2009HailNahunta-Emergency Management personnel reported golf ball size hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNahunta-The Brantley County Emergency Operations Dispatch Center was inundated with calls due to downed trees and power lines from thunderstorm winds. Many downed lines caused small brush fires.
May 2014HailNahunta-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNahunta-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNahunta-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainNahunta-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainNahunta-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindNahunta-no account filed
July 2002HailNahunta-no account filed
October 2002HailNahunta-no account filed
June 2000HailNahunta-no account filed
June 1998HailNahunta-no account filed
February 1996HailNahunta-no account filed
June 1994HailNahunta-no account filed
June 1994HailNahunta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brantley 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
Burton Terrace0.5 miles17
Prosperity2.4 miles17
Hickox3.8 miles17
Raybon4.1 miles14
Lulaton4.2 miles17
Bachlott6.3 miles8
Trudie6.7 miles14
Atkinson6.9 miles17

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 NahuntaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961836The 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 319189. 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.