Norman Park, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Norman Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31771. The Survey maps it on the Norman Park quadrangle. 963 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorman Park fell from 972 to 963 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 972 | |
| 2020 | 963 | -9 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Norman Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Norman Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,180 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 | 199 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 9.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COLQUITT-002 |
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021COLQUITT004 |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COLQUITT-004 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT010 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norman Park in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Norman Park | 1 hurt, $2,000,000 | A tornado touched down along Perry Batts Road near Norman Park and traveled northeast. It destroyed two chicken houses at the International Poultry Breeders, killing 5,000 chickens and condemning another 15,000. The tornado sideswiped a restaurant, but snapped off several large pines around the building. One tree fell through the roof. A small shelter on the property was destroyed. Over open fields, several metal sheds were damaged or destroyed, and irrigation pivots were overturned. Five homes were destroyed, eight received heavy damage, and seven sustained moderate damage. Many power poles were toppled. A man suffered scratches to his left arm after part of the ceiling of his mobile home collapsed on him. The tornado lifted over Lanyer Sumner Road near the Colquitt-Cook county line. Damage survey provided by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $50,000 | Several trees were down. Some of the trees blocked roads and knocked down power lines. Several residents were without power for up to 12 hours. Minor damage was reported to some houses. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several mobile homes, snapped numerous pine tree tops, and downed power lines in Norman Park. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $20,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car on Serena Dr. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $3,000 | Part of an awning was blown off in Norman Park. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $1,000 | The Colquitt County EMA reported numerous downed trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | $750 | A tree was blown down onto Cool Springs Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | - | Trees were blown down. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | - | A tree was blown down at Ellenton Norman Park Road and R.L. Sears Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | - | A tree was blown down on Cool Springs Road near Norman Park Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | - | A tree was blown down on Lonnie Brookard Road in Norman Park. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman Park | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 319. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Norman Park | - | Flooding was reported on Moye Road. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Norman Park | - | South Horne Street was flooded in Norman Park with flood waters approaching several houses in the area. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Norman Park | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Norman Park | - | The Colquitt County EMA reported quarter size hail. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Norman Park | - | Golfball size hail reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Norman Park | - | Dime size hail reported by the public. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Norman Park | - | Storm spotter reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosland | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Barbers | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cool Springs | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pineboro | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| New Elm | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kirkwood | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Schley | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Marble (historical) | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 Norman Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2676255 | 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 332509. 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.




