Raybon, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nahunta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31553. The Survey maps it on the Hortense quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Raybon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,114 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 68 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 | 148 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY012 |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BRANTLEY-011 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BRANTLEY-010 |
| 25 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BRANTLEY-013 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY018 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raybon in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | $1,000 | Large trees and power lines down. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | A tree was blown down onto a power line near Nahunta. Power outages occurred in Nahunta. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | A tree and power lines including a utility pole were blown down near Raybon Road West of Highway 301. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | A couple of trees were blown down on Hoke Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | A large tree was blown down onto a home and car. A tree was also blown down over the road near Raybon Road and West and Oak Grove. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | Trees were blown down along Raybon Rock Road. The time was based on radar imagery. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | Trees and power lines down on Trudie Road just south of Hortense. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Raybon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raybon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trudie | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Burton Terrace | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Prosperity | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Nahunta | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lulaton | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hortense | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Manson (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Needmore | 6.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122546643 | 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 326481. 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.








