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Pridgen, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Broxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31519. The Survey maps it on the Broxton North quadrangle.

Pridgen within Coffee County

On record in Pridgen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

J. H. Millhollin Memorial Bridge, Spanning Ocmulgee River at Blackshear Road, Pridgen, Coffee County, GA
J. H. Millhollin Memorial Bridge, Spanning Ocmulgee River at Blackshear Road, Pridgen, Coffee County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Mill Creek Bridge, State Highway 31/U.S. 441 spanning Mill Creek, Pridgen, Coffee County, GA
Mill Creek Bridge, State Highway 31/U.S. 441 spanning Mill Creek, Pridgen, Coffee County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Pridgen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 721 acres in total. 17 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 burning87
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-COFFEE-015
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COFFEE017
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COFFEE018
28 September 2019Natural2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COFFEE015
23 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-COFFEE-010
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COFFEE-023
22 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COFFEE009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pridgen in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPridgen1 hurtno account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPridgen$35,000A photographer posted photos of a likely downburst on Monday afternoon along U.S. Highway 441 between Pridgen and Broxton in Coffee County, GA. Large chicken houses had their metal roofs peeled off and the structures were destroyed along Lindsey Merritt Rd. The roof of a barn was lifted off the structure and destroyed near US 441 and Ernest Pridgen Rd. A tree fell on a home causing roof damage and leaks along Arthur Pridgen Rd. Multiple large trees were snapped and a tobacco field was destroyed near Solomon Rd and Old River Rd. The time of damage was based on radar data, and the cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
February 1998Tornado (F0)Pridgen$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPridgen$2,000Coffee County Emergency Management reported downed trees and powerlines in the vicinity of Pridgen and Broxton. The time of damage was based on radar data, and the cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPridgen$200A tree was blown down about 1 mile north of Pridgen. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPridgen-Trees were blown down in Pridgen.
February 2021HailPridgen-Quarter size hail was reported.
January 2021Heavy RainPridgen-Heavy rain caused minor street flooding in Pridgen.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPridgen-A tree was blown down on Lindsey Merritt Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
December 2018Heavy RainPridgen-An observer in Pridgen measured 3.65 inches in 24 hrs.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPridgen-A tree was blown down in Pridgen.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPridgen-A tree was blown down on Highway 441 North.
March 2012HailPridgen-Quarter size hail was reported near Pridgen.
March 2012HailPridgen-Quarter to dime size hail was reported near Pridgen.
July 2012HailPridgen-Penny size hail, gusty winds and 0.94 inches of rainfall were reported.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPridgen-Several trees were blown down near Pridgen, including one large one which was blown down across Highway 441 north of Sam Jones Road.
February 2008Heavy RainPridgen-A Co-op Observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.95 inches ending at 6:00 a.m. EST.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPridgen-The Coffee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in the town of Pridgen.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPridgen-Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPridgen-Trees and power lines down.
May 2016HailPridgen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPridgen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPridgen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sapps Still1.5 miles7
Relee4.5 miles8
Broxton5.3 miles7
Lotts8.3 miles8
Ambrose8.6 miles7
Bushnell9.6 miles7
Lehigh11.2 miles8
Huffer11.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332760. 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.