Pavo, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 31778. The Survey maps it on the Pavo quadrangle. 622 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPavo fell from 627 to 622 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 627 | |
| 2020 | 622 | -5 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Pavo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Pavo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,212 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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 | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-002 |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-003 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 9.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BROOKS-003 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-010 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pavo in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Pavo | $20,000 | This is a continuation of the Thomas county tornado. Damage in Brooks county was limited to EF1 intensity. The tornado mainly damaged trees and the roof of one residence before dissipating. Damage cost was estimated. |
| March 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Pavo | $5,000 | The F0 tornado moved northeast from northeast Thomas County along Highway 122, crossed the Thomas-Brooks County line near Pavo, then dissipated just northeast of Pavo in extreme northwest Brooks County. It uprooted several trees and downed some power lines. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Pavo. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines on Adams Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A tree was down along Shelly Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Barwick and Pallock Roads. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A tree was blown across a road near Pavo with a picture posted on social media. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A tree was blown near 1190 Ione Church Road. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A dogwood tree was blown down in Pavo. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 33. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pavo | - | Trees were blown down near Pavo. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pavo | - | Quarter sized hail was estimated from the public and relayed via WCTV. |
| October 2002 | Hail | Pavo | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| March 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Pavo | - | Reported by a storm spotter. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Pavo | - | Numerous public reports of quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shelly | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ione | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tallokas (historical) | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Oaklawn | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pebble Hill | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| New Rock Hill | 9.1 miles | 9 |
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 Pavo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2196620 | 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 356459. 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.





