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Putney, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31705. The Survey maps it on the Putney quadrangle. 2,869 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 200 feet above sea level.

Putney within Dougherty County

Population over time

2 figures

Putney fell from 2,898 to 2,869 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,898
20202,869-29 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Putney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,532 acres in total. 6 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 burning167
Railroad operations and maintenance71
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DOUGHERTY-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Putney: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Southern MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dougherty County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Putney in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Putney$300,000The EF-2 tornado continued on its northeast track from northern Mitchell County into southeastern Dougherty County. It ripped carports and roof shingles off several homes on County Line Road and Jenkins Road. It also snapped hundreds of trees before it crossed into western Worth County. Ten homes suffered minor damage and two were heavily damaged.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPutney$5,000A 10x14 metal shed was destroyed along with minor roof damage. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPutney$4,000There was a public report of a power line and tree branches down in the Putnety area, and widespread power outages were shown on the GA Power outage website.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindPutney$3,000A trained spotter reported a small swath of damage in the Nelms Road and Gravel Hill Road area. Five to ten healthy pine trees were snapped off, and there was minor property damage on Wright's Turf Farm in that area. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPutney$2,000A tree was blown resulting in a power outage in Putney.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPutney$2,000Trees were blown down at the 2600 Block of Liberty Road south of Albany.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPutney$1,000Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPutney$1,000A tree was blown down on the 1400 Block of Antioch Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPutney-Trees were blown down along Antioch Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPutney-A picture of a tree blown down in Putney was received via social media.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPutney-Trees were blown down in Putney.
August 2013Flash FloodPutney-Flooding was reported near the intersection of Gravel Hill Road and Nelms Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPutney-The media relayed a viewer report of lots of debris on Radium Springs Road in Putney.
May 2010Heavy RainPutney-A storm total rainfall of 6.05 inches was reported.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindPutney-Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
July 1998HailPutney-Dime size hail reported by a WALB-TV meteorologist in Albany.
June 1997HailPutney-SKYWARN spotter reported hail covering the ground.
June 2025HailPutney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dougherty 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
Hollands Folly0.9 miles11
Loretta Heights1.4 miles11
Williamsburg1.9 miles11
River Bend2.1 miles11
Mockingbird Estates2.9 miles13
Riverdale3.7 miles13
Hotalihuyana (historical)3.9 miles13
Radium Springs4.0 miles13

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 PutneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1893867The 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 332767. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.