Pineboro, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Moultrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31771. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pineboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Pineboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Pineboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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 | 217 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-010 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT013 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-COLQUITT-004 |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019COLQUITT002 |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019COLQUITT001 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pineboro in 6 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Pineboro | - | A trained spotter called and sent in pictures of a funnel cloud. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineboro | - | Large tree branches around 5 inches in diameter and a small tree were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineboro | - | Power lines were blown down along Baldy Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineboro | - | A large oak tree was blown down across Highway 37 east of David Newton Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineboro | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 37 near RL Sears Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineboro | - | The Sunbelt Ag Expo WeatherSTEM site measured a wind gust of 65 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ellenton | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kirkwood | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Weldon (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cool Springs | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| South Moultrie | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bayboro (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ganor | 6.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122543424 | 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 332681. 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.




