BlockNew Lois, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ray City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31645. The Survey maps it on the New Lois quadrangle.
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 New Lois quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of New Lois between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,246 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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 | 323 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BERRIEN-012 |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BERRIEN-011 |
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WILCOX-016 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WILCOX-015 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lois in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF3) | New Lois | 2 killed, $500,000 | The EF3 tornado from northeast Brooks and Cook counties progressed into Berrien County where it completely removed the second story of a wood frame home on South Coffee Road. Just up the road, a well-strapped double wide home was completely removed and tossed into nearby trees and hedges. The last of the EF3 damage occurred on Old Lois Road where most of the roof of a brick home was removed. An add-on room on the back of the home was flattened by a massive live oak tree crushing two occupants to death in their bed. The tornado continued past Old Valdosta Road stripping bark from several trees in the area and then produced EF2 damage just past U.S. Route 129 on County Road before lifting. Damage cost was estimated. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lois | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down across Webb Drive west of Ray City. One tree fell on an unoccupied vehicle. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | New Lois | - | Flooding was reported near the intersection of Old Valdosta Road and Patten Watson Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lois | - | Medium sized trees were blown down onto power lines near 1523 Old Valdosta Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray City | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Allenville | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cottle | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Nashville | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Weber | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bannockburn | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Glory | 20.6 miles | 8 | |
| Alapaha | 20.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122539433 | 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 319471. 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.