Pitts, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Pitts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31072. The Survey maps it on the Pitts quadrangle. 252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPitts fell from 308 to 252 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 308 | |
| 2010 | 320 | +12 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 252 | -68 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Pitts quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Pitts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,351 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 28 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 | 185 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WILCOX010 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILCOX-017 |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitts in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Pitts | $125,000 | The Wilcox County 911 Center reported, and which was later confirmed by the Wilcox County Emergency Management Director, that an F0 tornado had touched down north-northwest of Pitts and traveled east-northeast across for approximately 2.5 miles. The path width was 50 yards. The tornado crossed Georgia Highway 215, but traveled mostly through rural areas. One home near Georgia Highway 215 sustained major damage and the roof was lifted off an industrial building. Some peanut trailers were tossed into a pond. At least three vehicles were damaged as a result of downed trees. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Pitts | $75,000 | Social Media initially reported a washout of SR-112 between Rebecca and Rochelle. News media and the Emergency Manager provided additional details later that a 250 foot stretch of SR-112 was washed out due to high flow through Mill Creek. Water covered the roadway by 1030 PM, and the road failed at approximately 230 AM on March 5. Repairs took more than two months. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 6 inches of rain occurred in the area, falling on already wet soils, causing the flash flooding. |
| January 2006 | Lightning | Pitts | $25,000 | The Wilcox county cooperative observer reported that a lightning-related fire destroyed a mobile home. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $6,000 | The Wilcox County Sheriff's Office reported several trees blown down on Highway 215 north of Pitts. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off its foundation and downed several large trees. Montgomery County 2 E Uvalda,30,0550EST,,,0,0,2,?,Thunderstorm Winds Several large tree limbs and small trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $1,000 | The Wilcox County 911 Center reported that four trees were down between Pitts and Rochelle. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitts | $700 | Middle Georgia Utility Company reported thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Pitts | - | The Wilcox County 911 Center reported that quarter sized hail fell along Highway 280 west of Rochelle. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Pitts | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail, while the Wilcox County 911 Center reported penny-sized 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seville | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rochelle | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Double Run | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Owensboro | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Kramer | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Five Points | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pineview | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Abbeville | 12.8 miles | 7 |
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 Pitts | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3260751 | 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 332700. 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.




