Racepond, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mudge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1967 USGS Fort Mudge quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Fort Mudge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Racepond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,236 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 15 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 | 56 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-WARE-005 |
| 19 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CHARLTON003 |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHARLTON009 |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHARLTON-010 |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Racepond in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 heavy rain, 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racepond | $3,000 | Trees And Powerlines Were Reported Down In Race Pond, GA. Time of damage Was Estimated By Radar. |
| March 2025 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | A mesonet station TT331 Oke-Nw measured 3.74 | inches of rainfall. Rain began around 9 AM. | About 2.25 inches of rain fell between 10 AM | and 12 PM. |
| March 2025 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | A RAWs site in the Okefenokee NWR measured daily rainfall of 2.31 inches since 7 am local time. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | Mesonet station TT331 Oke-Nw reported 2.15 inches of rain in one hour. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | RAWS station TT331 Oke-Nw reported rainfall 4.27 inches from 4 PM to 6 PM EDT. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | A mesonet site 11 miles NNW of Steven Foster State Park in the Okefenokee NWR measured 3.02 inches of rain from TS Elsa. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Racepond | - | The RAWs station in the NW Okefenokee Swamp measured a daily rainfall total of 2.83 inches as of 4 pm local time. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racepond | - | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Several wildfires were ignited by the downed power lines. |
| January 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racepond | - | Tin roof blown off Big John Trailers building on US Highway 1. Tin roof blown off outbuilding and swing set onto a car on Carter Circle Rd. Pine trees blown down onto power lines on US Highway 1. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Racepond | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Racepond | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Racepond | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Racepond | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Racepond | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Siding | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Petersons (historical) | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Winokur | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mattox | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Newell | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Uptonville | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Prescott (historical) | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Paxton | 11.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332778. 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.





