BlockRoddy, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31014. The Survey maps it on the Empire quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Cochran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Empire quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
616 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 616 fires within 5 miles of Roddy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,044 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 67 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 | 420 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DODGE-015 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BLECKLEY-006 |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DODGE016 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roddy: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roddy in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $30,000 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the county. Trees were down on Cemetery Road and West Chicken Road near Eastman. A home was damaged from fallen trees on Joiner Creek Road in Eastman. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $30,000 | The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds below down several trees and damaged several buildings in the Roddy and Chester areas. In Roddy, several structures sustained roof damage. Windows were blown out of one mobile home. In Chester, approximately two blocks north of the intersection of Georgia Highway 126 and 257, a large oak tree was blown down causing minor damage to a home. Nearby on Peachtree Street, two pine trees were blown down causing minor damage to the roof of a home. Another structure was also damaged by wind in Chester. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $4,000 | Two to four trees down along wilson woodard road and roddy hwy. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $3,000 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the northern part of the county. Trees were down on Airport Road, Soperton Highway or Georgia Highway 46, and Georgia Highway 257. Trees were reported down near Eastman and just west of Chester. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $3,000 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the far northern part of the county near Roddy. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roddy | $1,000 | The Dodge County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down in Roddy. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Roddy | - | Continuation from Bleckley County -- The tornado continued ENE crossing Roddy Hwy and Frank Brown Rd snapping and uprooting a few trees. The tornado crossed Macedonia Church road where EF1 type tree damage was noted on the east side of the road. The tornado quickly weakened and lifted as it reached Nicholson Carr Rd. [4/5/22: Tornado #11, County #2/2, EF-1, Bleckley/Dodge, 2022:014]. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Roddy | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Roddy | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332909. 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.