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.
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
- J. H. Millhollin Memorial Bridge, Spanning Ocmulgee River at Blackshear Road, Pridgenfederal building survey, 10 photographs
- Mill Creek Bridge, State Highway 31/U.S. 441 spanning Mill Creek, Pridgenfederal building survey, 6 photographs
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
- 1972 USGS Broxton North quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-COFFEE-015 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE017 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE018 |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE015 |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COFFEE-010 |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COFFEE-023 |
| 22 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COFFEE009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | $35,000 | A 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 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Pridgen | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | $2,000 | Coffee 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | $200 | A 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | Trees were blown down in Pridgen. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Pridgen | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| January 2021 | Heavy Rain | Pridgen | - | Heavy rain caused minor street flooding in Pridgen. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | A tree was blown down on Lindsey Merritt Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pridgen | - | An observer in Pridgen measured 3.65 inches in 24 hrs. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | A tree was blown down in Pridgen. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 441 North. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pridgen | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Pridgen. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pridgen | - | Quarter to dime size hail was reported near Pridgen. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pridgen | - | Penny size hail, gusty winds and 0.94 inches of rainfall were reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | Several trees were blown down near Pridgen, including one large one which was blown down across Highway 441 north of Sam Jones Road. |
| February 2008 | Heavy Rain | Pridgen | - | A Co-op Observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.95 inches ending at 6:00 a.m. EST. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | The Coffee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in the town of Pridgen. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Pridgen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pridgen | - | no account filed |
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.
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.




