Pachitla, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shellman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39840. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle.

Pachitla within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Pachitla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 683 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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	99
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Railroad operations and maintenance	19
Natural	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
7 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-RANDOLPH-003
27 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-RANDOLPH-006
26 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2010	Natural	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-RANDOLPH-012
25 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-TERRELL-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

4 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pachitla in 4 storm reports in 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
June 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Pachitla	$50,000	A pair of tornadoes touched down east of Cuthbert near Trinity Church Road. This tornado was the southern circulation, which touched along Wilton Rigsby Road south of Trinity Church Road. The tornado continued across several fields, causing tree damage along the way. A substantial steel farm storage building collapsed along Trinity Church Road, just east of Wooten Road. This damage was rated EF-1, with winds estimated to be approximately 110 mph. A grain silo was partially destroyed at this location as well. The tornado continued to move east southeast down Trinity Church Road, causing tree damage and damage to several home and manufactured homes. This damage was mostly rated EF-0 and low-end EF-1. The tornado appears to have weakened as it moved to the southeast and dissipated in a field east of Trinity Church Road.
June 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Pachitla	$50,000	A pair of tornadoes touched down east of Cuthbert near Trinity Church Road. This tornado was the northern circulation, which touched down near the intersection of Trinity Church Road and Wilton Rigsby Road, causing tree damage and damage to an old out building. Further east, roof damage to a single family home and significant tree damage was noted supportive of an EF-1 rating with winds of approximately 110 mph. The tornado continued east, damaging a church, a mobile home, several stands of trees, and tossing debris into nearby fields. This circulation appears to have dissipated in a field near the intersection of Trinity Church Road and Wooten Road.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pachitla	-	A few trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pachitla	-	Large tree limbs were blown down on Highway 50 at Peavy Road and blocked the road.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shellman	3.5 miles	7
Goffs Mill	4.0 miles	7
Martins Crossroads	5.1 miles	7
Cuthbert	5.8 miles	7
Water Pipe	6.6 miles	7
Shivers Mill	6.7 miles	7
Wades	7.2 miles	7
Brooksville	7.7 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326446. 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.