Rochelle, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rochelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31079. It stands on Reynolds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rochelle quadrangle. 1,167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
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On record in Rochelle
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Rochelle Historic Districtlisted 2008
Population over time
3 figuresRochelle fell from 1,415 to 1,167 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,415 | |
| 2010 | 1,174 | -241 (-17%) |
| 2020 | 1,167 | -7 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1977 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
442 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Rochelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,524 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 42 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 | 282 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILCOX-018 |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rochelle in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $250,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds resulted in damage to several chicken houses. The roof was blown off nine chicken homes and five others were left leaning slightly. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Rochelle | $150,000 | The Ben Hill Herald-Leader reported that a lightning strike started a fire at a logging operation on Pineview Road which destroyed a fuel trailer with two tanks, an equipment trailer, and a log truck. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Rochelle | $100,000 | A deputy with the Wilcox County Sheriff's Department observed baseball-sized hail in the Rochelle area. The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the far northern part of the county in the Pineview area. Several car windshields were observed to have been damaged in the area. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $50,000 | 25 to 30 pecan trees and power lines were downed by straight line thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 112. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $40,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees down in Rochelle; one large oak tree fell on a mobile home. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $25,000 | The public reported around a dozen pecan trees blown down near the town of Rochelle. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $10,000 | Wilcox county 911 reported thunderstorm winds tore the roof off of a house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $5,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Manager reported trees and poweer lines blown down along 5th Avenue in Rochelle. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Rochelle | $5,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a car underwater near the Rochelle Baptist Church. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $5,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from Rochelle to Abbeville. Including 2 trees down in Rochelle and 1 down on Wilson Road and another on Owensboro Road between Rochelle and Abbeville. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $4,000 | Numerous trees downed between Rochelle and Abbeville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $3,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down around Highway 215 and American Legion Road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $2,000 | The Rochelle Police Department reported that power lines were down west of Rochelle, while in the city itself, several limbs were blown down. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $2,000 | The Wilcox county 911 center reported 4 to 5 trees down from Rochelle to Abbeville. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $1,000 | The Wilcox County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down along Highway 215 in Rochelle. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $1,000 | Wilcox county 911 reported trees were blown down. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $500 | A truck driver reported several trees were knocked down on highway 129. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $200 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on a power line and several limbs were down in the same area. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | Damage reported to bleachers and backstop at the Wilcox county recreation department on County Farm Rd. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | Several trees reported down in the area between East County Farm Rd, American Legion Rd, and Hwy 215. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | Large tree down across Boxwood Road off Hwy 215. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Rochelle | - | The Georgia Department of Transportation reported the SR 280 and SR 112 intersection was impassable due to flooding. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Rochelle | - | The Rochelle Police Department reported penny-sized hail. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Rochelle | - | A cooperative observer for the National Weather Service reported penny-sized hail. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Rochelle | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Rochelle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pitts | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Owensboro | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Seville | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Double Run | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Abbeville | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Statham Shoals | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Browning | 10.0 miles | 7 |
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 Rochelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1363134 | 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 321704. 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.




