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.
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
Anderson, D. B., and Company Buildinglisted 1982
Population over time
3 figuresOchlocknee 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 605 | |
| 2010 | 676 | +71 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 672 | -4 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ochlocknee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
410 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 233 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020THOMAS001 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thomasville Mine & Plant | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Meigs Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Simpson Mine & Mill | Clay | Plant | ||
| Cherokee Industries Ochlocknee Mine | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Grover Mine | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Ochlocknee | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite | |
| Smith Mine Pit A | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Smith Mine Pit B | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Waverly Mineral Products | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | Montmorillonite, Attapulgite |
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | $500,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines resulting in a power outage. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | $3,000 | Multiple trees were blown down in the northwestern part of Thomas county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | $1,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line on Steward Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Ochlocknee. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Maddox Road and Malloy Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | - | A tree was blown down in Ochlocknee. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 3. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Ochlocknee | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Ochlocknee. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | - | Multiple trees were blown down across Thomas county. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ochlocknee | - | A tree was blown down in Ochlocknee. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Ochlocknee | - | Penny size hail reported along Highway 3 by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ochlocknee | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Ochlocknee | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansell | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dawesville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Quality | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pasco | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fredonia | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Meigs | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chastain | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Merrillville | 9.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Ochlocknee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q510656 | 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 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.






