Paxton, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. The Survey maps it on the Folkston quadrangle.

Paxton within Charlton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1918 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Paxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,662 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 65 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	160
Natural	79
Arson/incendiarism	65
Equipment and vehicle use	29
Railroad operations and maintenance	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	1

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 1999	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHARLTON-011
7 September 1999	Natural	110 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHARLTON-013
8 August 2006	Natural	6.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlton County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paxton in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Former NWS employee reported large pine trees down in Stephen Foster State Park. Time of damage was based on radar data.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Trees were blown down in the Okefenokee State Park. A tour boat that was out in the swamp had to be brought into port.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Trees were blown down in Stephen Foster State Park. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2012	Heavy Rain	Paxton	-	An observer measured 4.92 inches of rain within 24 hours at Steven Foster State Park.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Several trees were damaged in a strong storm. The cost of damage was estimated.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Trees were blown down near the cabins in Stephen Foster State Park.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Trees were blown down in Stephen Foster State Park.
May 2010	Hail	Paxton	-	The Stephen Foster State Park reported that golf ball size hail lasted for 5 minutes and covered the ground. Two large trees were uprooted and other damage was done to Cypress trees.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Paxton	-	Trees were blown down onto power lines in Stephen Foster State Park which caused some power outages.

Every storm recorded in Charlton 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
Homeland	2.8 miles	11
Silver Hill	2.9 miles	10
Oakdale	3.4 miles	11
Uptonville	3.5 miles	10
Folkston	3.6 miles	11
Layton	4.1 miles	17
Pinehurst	4.8 miles	17
Mattox	4.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326458. 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.