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Ochlocknee, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ochlocknee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31773. The Survey maps it on the Ochlocknee quadrangle. 672 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Ochlocknee within Thomas County

On record in Ochlocknee

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

3 figures

Ochlocknee grew from 605 to 672 between 2000 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
2000605
2010676+71 (+12%)
2020672-4 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

410 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 410 fires within 5 miles of Ochlocknee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 59 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 burning233
Arson/incendiarism59
Railroad operations and maintenance56
Equipment and vehicle use31
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5

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 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020THOMAS001
5 September 1997Debris and open burning2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ochlocknee: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Thomasville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thomasville Mine & PlantFeldsparProducer
Meigs MineClayProducer
Simpson Mine & MillClayPlant
Cherokee Industries Ochlocknee MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Cooper Grover MineFullers EarthProducer
OchlockneeFullers EarthPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite
Smith Mine Pit AFullers EarthProducer
Smith Mine Pit BFullers EarthProducer
Waverly Mineral ProductsFullers EarthPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite

Every working recorded in Thomas County

Storms near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ochlocknee in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
March 1993Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee$500,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed two mobile homes, several barns and downed several trees in and around Ochlocknee. One business had its roof removed and a couple of truck trailers were overturned.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee$3,000A tree was blown down onto power lines resulting in a power outage.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee$3,000Multiple trees were blown down in the northwestern part of Thomas county. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on Steward Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee$1,000A couple of trees were blown down near Ochlocknee.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Maddox Road and Malloy Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee-A tree was blown down in Ochlocknee.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee-Trees were blown down along Highway 3.
March 2019HailOchlocknee-Quarter size hail was reported near Ochlocknee.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee-Multiple trees were blown down across Thomas county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOchlocknee-A tree was blown down in Ochlocknee.
March 2005HailOchlocknee-Penny size hail reported along Highway 3 by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
May 2024HailOchlocknee-no account filed
March 2022HailOchlocknee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thomas 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
Hansell3.8 miles8
Dawesville4.2 miles12
Quality4.7 miles8
Pasco5.3 miles8
Fredonia7.0 miles8
Meigs7.1 miles8
Chastain7.7 miles8
Merrillville9.3 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.

Wikipedia article on OchlockneeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q510656The 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 356440. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.