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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.

Norman Park within Colquitt County

Population over time

2 figures

Norman 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.

YearPeople Change
2010972
2020963-9 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

267 since 1992

Regional 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 burning199
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2017Debris and open burning9.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-COLQUITT-002
6 September 2020Natural15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021COLQUITT004
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-COLQUITT-004
26 September 2019Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COLQUITT010
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLQUITT-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colquitt County

Storms near this place

20 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2006Tornado (F1)Norman Park1 hurt, $2,000,000A 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 2007Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$50,000Several 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 1998Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$25,000Thunderstorm winds damaged several mobile homes, snapped numerous pine tree tops, and downed power lines in Norman Park.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$20,000A tree was blown down onto a car on Serena Dr.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$3,000Part of an awning was blown off in Norman Park.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$1,000The Colquitt County EMA reported numerous downed trees.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNorman Park$750A tree was blown down onto Cool Springs Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindNorman Park-Trees were blown down.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindNorman Park-A tree was blown down at Ellenton Norman Park Road and R.L. Sears Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorman Park-A tree was blown down on Cool Springs Road near Norman Park Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNorman Park-A tree was blown down on Lonnie Brookard Road in Norman Park.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindNorman Park-A tree was blown down along Highway 319.
March 2016FloodNorman Park-Flooding was reported on Moye Road.
August 2013Flash FloodNorman Park-South Horne Street was flooded in Norman Park with flood waters approaching several houses in the area.
March 2009Tornado (EF0)Norman Park-A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. No damage was reported.
April 2006HailNorman Park-The Colquitt County EMA reported quarter size hail.
March 2005HailNorman Park-Golfball size hail reported by the Colquitt County EMA.
November 2002HailNorman Park-Dime size hail reported by the public.
August 1999HailNorman Park-Storm spotter reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Colquitt 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
Crosland3.4 miles9
Barbers3.7 miles9
Cool Springs5.3 miles8
Pineboro6.3 miles9
New Elm7.2 miles10
Kirkwood7.4 miles9
Schley7.8 miles9
Marble (historical)7.9 miles9

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 ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2676255The 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.