Pritchetts, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bridgeboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31744. The Survey maps it on the Doerun quadrangle.

Pritchetts within Worth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Pritchetts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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	132
Railroad operations and maintenance	32
Arson/incendiarism	32
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	3

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 1999	Natural	8.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-MITCHELL-010
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pritchetts in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pritchetts	$50,000	Sporadic tree damage occurred across parts of southern Worth County, with a more concentrated area of damage in the southwest part of the county along and just west of Highway 133. Specifically, the more substantial damage was near the following roads near Hwy 133: Toni Lee, Carlton, Chil Redge, and Liberty Hill. The damage extended approximately 1 mile in a north-south direction and 1 mile in a west-east direction, with most debris blown to the northeast. The circular nature of the area of concentrated damage and consistent nature of the directionality of the damage suggests that it was caused by a small downburst known as a microburst. Much of the damage was consistent with wind gusts of 65-70 mph. However, two residences near the intersection of Carlton Rd and Chil Redge Lane received more significant damage. Several large tree limbs were snapped off. Siding was ripped from the homes, as well as some shingles. A metal shed and metal porch overhang had some material removed and strewn downstream as much as 100 yards. Some wood 2x4s were also blown northeast from the shed and one punctured a screened patio. This sort of damage is consistent with peak gusts in the 80-85 mph range. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pritchetts	-	Wunderground station KGADOERU5 gusted to 59 mph.
April 2024	Flash Flood	Pritchetts	-	Flooding was reported at SR133 in both directions at Carlton Road with all lanes closed.
July 2022	Flood	Pritchetts	-	Minor flooding was reported on Highway 133 near Liberty Church Road.
March 2020	Flood	Pritchetts	-	Tyson Road was closed due to flooding.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Pritchetts	-	A tree was down across Highway 133.
April 2014	Flood	Pritchetts	-	The Worth County E-911 Facebook page reported multiple road closures due to flooding from steady moderate to occasionally heavy rain falling on already saturated conditions, particularly in the southern part of the county. This included portions of Highway 133.
July 2006	Hail	Pritchetts	-	Quarter to golfball size hail reported by WALB-TV in Albany.

Every storm recorded in Worth 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
Liberty Hill	2.7 miles	10
Bridgeboro	2.8 miles	10
Livingston	3.7 miles	10
Parkerville	5.4 miles	10
Anderson City	5.4 miles	10
Indian Cove (historical)	5.8 miles	10
Groveland Estates	6.2 miles	10
Alfords	7.0 miles	10

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 Q122560050

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 332764. 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.