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Ogeechee, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rocky Ford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hopeulikit quadrangle.

Ogeechee within Screven County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Ogeechee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 769 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 21 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 burning145
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BULLOCH-002
7 September 2001Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-SCREVEN-006
25 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-BULLOCH-008
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SCREVEN-017
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SCREVEN-014
15 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-BULLOCH-004
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BULLOCH-013
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-SCREVEN-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Screven County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogeechee in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOgeechee$2,000A electric company reported trees down on power lines between Rocky Ford and Dover.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOgeechee$1,000Screven County dispatch reported a tree down on the paved portion of Jenk Hill Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOgeechee$1,000The public relayed pictures of trees down on Captola Road off of Highway 301.
July 2013Flash FloodOgeechee$1,000Screven County Emergency Manager reported that a dam break is imminent. Highway 17 is flooded between Old Ogeechee Road and Douglas Branch Road. Pond is 78 acres in size.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindOgeechee$1,000Law Enforcement reported a tree down on a power line on Highway 17 near Douglas Branch Road, between Rocky Ford, Georgia and Ogeechee, Georgia.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOgeechee-Screven County dispatch reported trees down along Scarboro Highway.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOgeechee-Screven County dispatch reported a tree down on Statesboro Highway near Double Heads Baptist Church.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindOgeechee-Screven County warning point reported a tree blown down on Gilgal Road, about two miles from Highway 301.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Ogeechee-A tornado moved from Bulloch county into extreme southern part of the county. Numerous trees were knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Screven 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
Cooperville3.8 miles16
Dover4.0 miles16
Double Heads4.3 miles16
Rocky Ford4.6 miles15
Parkers6.0 miles15
Cameron6.4 miles16
Goloid7.0 miles16
Thomasboro7.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356445. 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.