Red Rock, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sylvester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31791. The Survey maps it on the Acree quadrangle.

Red Rock within Worth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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 Sylvester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Acree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

415 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,168 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 76 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	291
Arson/incendiarism	76
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-WORTH-005
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-WORTH-003
7 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	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

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Rock in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 3 tornado, 2 hail. The reports record 31 injuries. 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
January 2017	Tornado (EF3)	Red Rock	31 hurt, $5,000,000	The EF3 tornado from Dougherty county continued all the way across Worth county into Turner county as an EF3 tornado with max winds estimated near 150 mph. In Worth County, it caused extensive damage to homes along Jewel Crowe Road. This was consistent with EF3 damage. Damage to homes and outbuildings consistent with EF2 damage was observed along Camp Osborn Road. A concrete block church on Zion Church Road was completely destroyed, justifying an EF3 rating at that point. Damage cost was estimated.
March 1996	Tornado (F2)	Red Rock	$6,000,000	no account filed
January 2017	Tornado (EF1)	Red Rock	$500,000	An EF1 tornado touched down just inside the Dougherty County line along Cordele Road before moving east northeast into Worth County. The tornado lifted just east of Highway 313. A strongly convergent signature was noted in the tree damage which supports the designation as a tornado. There was significant damage to the Camp Osborn area in far western Worth county where a group of boy scouts were staying overnight. Although thousands of trees were blown down with several buildings in the forest destroyed due to falling trees, the boy scouts remained safe due to receiving the warning with sufficient lead time to take shelter in a safer building. Max winds were estimated around 105 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$20,000	WALB reported that a large pecan tree crashed through the roof of a home on Doles Road and into the living room and master bedroom closet. Farther down the road, another tree fell on a truck. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$10,000	A tree was down on a home on Birch Rd.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$10,000	Numerous trees were blown down in the 3800 block of Highway 82 east of Sylvester. One home had roof damage in the area.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$10,000	Trees were blown down and a roof was blown off a trailer. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$2,000	A power line was blown down on Pearson Road near Woodcrest Road.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	$1,000	A power line was blown down near Dogwood Lane and Wynn Drive.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were down and blocking Red Rock Rd.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were down and blocking Woodcrest Rd.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	A tree was down along Woodcrest Road.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Red Rock	-	Water was reported over the roadway near Highway 300 and Camp Osborn Road.
March 2020	Flood	Red Rock	-	Willow Road was closed to non-resident traffic due to flooding.
March 2020	Flood	Red Rock	-	The dirt portion of Porters Corner Road was closed due to flooding.
March 2020	Flood	Red Rock	-	Duran Road was completely underwater.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blocking the road at Jewel Crowe Road and Blue Springs Road.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down in the Woodcrest area.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down along Mossy Oaks Drive.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down near 200 Henry Road.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down on Hillhouse Road.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down onto Harris Road.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down on Pearson Road at Woodcrest Road.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down near Worthy and Rich Roads.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down on Fowler Road.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Trees were blown down on Crowe Lane.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	Several trees were blown down near Porters Corner Road.
December 2016	Flood	Red Rock	-	Water was reported over Willow and Birch Roads due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
December 2016	Flood	Red Rock	-	Water was reported over South County Line Road south of Thomas Road due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
June 2013	Flood	Red Rock	-	Some localized flooding was reported by the Worth County E-911 facebook page near Highway 300 and Camp Osborne Road.
June 2011	Hail	Red Rock	-	Pea to nickel sized hail covered some roads.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Rock	-	A few trees were down on Mossy Oak Lane.
August 2000	Hail	Red Rock	-	Dime size hail. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.

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
Mossy Oaks	2.6 miles	10
Artesia (historical)	2.7 miles	10
Willingham (historical)	3.0 miles	10
Camp Sherwood	3.9 miles	9
San Barnard (historical)	4.2 miles	9
Thomas Acres	4.3 miles	10
Gammage	4.3 miles	10
Isabella	4.5 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 321409. 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.