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New Branch, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vidalia-Lyons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30436. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Corner quadrangle.

New Branch within Toombs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

418 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of New Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 71 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 burning224
Arson/incendiarism71
Equipment and vehicle use53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor8

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
9 September 2019Natural2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TOOMBS008
7 September 1999Natural2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TOOMBS-006
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TOOMBS013
23 September 2016Debris and open burning6.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TOOMBS-013
22 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Toombs County

Storms near this place

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Branch in 12 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
January 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$45,000A National Weather Service damage survey team in conjunction with the Toombs County Emergency Management Director reported that a bow echo of straight-line winds caused extensive damage in an area approximately 10 to 12 miles south of Lyons in southern Toombs county. Two trailer homes were destroyed and many trees and power lines were down in the area between Cedar Crossing and New Branch along and near U.S. Highway 1. While initially believed to have been a tornado, the damage survey concluded otherwise.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$15,000The Toombs County Emergency Management Director reported that many trees and power lines were blown down in a small area just east-northeast of New Branch from a thunderstorm downburst. Georgia Highways 56 and 178 were both blocked from downed trees. In addition, the roof was blown off an abandoned mobile home in the area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$10,000Tree down on a home along Clifford Rogers Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$8,000Emergency manager reported numerous trees down along Hwy 56 in the vicinity of Jeff Webber Rd.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$5,000EM reported multiple trees down at the intersection of Hwy 178 and Clifford Rogers Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Branch$500The Toombs County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down along Highway 147 in Southeastern Toombs County.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Branch-Several trees and powerlines down in the vicinity of Hwy 178 and 56.
August 2018Flash FloodNew Branch-Flash flooding was reported at several locations west-southwest of Reidsville in Toombs County, including the intersection of Jack Collins Road and Levy Cave Road, the intersection of Highway 56 and Ernest Webber Road, Bud Clifton Road, Jim Shuman Road, and Ben Usher Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 4 inches occurred in a short period of time.
August 2018Flash FloodNew Branch-Flash flooding was reported along John Dasher Road, between Hayden Jones Road and Clifford Rogers Road, and on Marvin Church Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 4 inches occurred in a short period of time.
May 2014HailNew Branch-The public reported quarter sized hail in Jonson Corner.
May 2014HailNew Branch-The public reported quarter sized hail at Gay Equipment Company.
May 2012HailNew Branch-A University of Georgia research agent reported that hail up to the size of dimes fell in southeastern Toombs County.

Every storm recorded in Toombs 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
Johnson Corner2.9 miles9
Toombs Central5.6 miles9
South Thompson6.6 miles9
Ohoopee7.0 miles9
Santa Claus7.5 miles10
Ponderosa7.8 miles10
Center8.3 miles9
Rock Springs8.7 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122544155The 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 332480. 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.