Sale City, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sale City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31784. The Survey maps it on the Sale City quadrangle. 354 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSale City grew from 319 to 354 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 | 319 | |
| 2010 | 380 | +61 (+19%) |
| 2020 | 354 | -26 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Baconton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Sale City quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Sale City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 665 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 125 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MITCHELL006 |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-017 |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MITCHELL-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sale City in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Sale City | $300,000 | This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 105 mph. The tornado began south of Highway 37 in an open field between Rigsby Lake and Antioch Road, where it snapped and uprooted a few hardwood trees, and also bent a portion of a center-pivot irrigation apparatus. It then moved quickly northeast and crossed Highway 37 into Pebble City, where it destroyed two structures: A tin volunteer fire department building, and a community/voting center, which collapsed onto itself when the supporting cinder blocks gave way. The tornado also snapped numerous softwood trees behind both of these structures. As it raced northeastward towards Sale City Road, the tornado snapped more softwood trees and a few wooden power poles. When it reached Millard Road, the tornado continued to snap trees, with more extensive tree damage being noted along Massey Bog Road. As it moved just east of Highway 93 along Old Doerun Road, the tornado caused a double-wide manufactured home with straps to shift approximately 18 inches off its cinder block foundation, blew out the windows of two single family homes, and uprooted several softwood trees. Before it dissipated at Greenough Road, the tornado uprooted another softwood tree. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Sale City | $250,000 | A tornado touched down on Mount Zion Road and damaged a brick home. Another dozen homes were damaged. As it traveled northeast, it damaged two irrigation pivots, tossed hay bales 200 feet across Highway 93 and uprooted many trees. The tornado then moved across open fields before crossing into Colquitt County. The storm survey was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over numerous trees including two 60-foot Pecan trees. The fallen trees caused roof and structure damage to a home. Thunderstorm winds also blew a satellite dish off of the city's water tower. Power was also out for two and one-half hours. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | $5,000 | A structure sustained light damage as the metal siding was torn off. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Sale City. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | $2,000 | A tree and power line were blown down across the road on Highway 37. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down on Highway 93 near the intersection with Highway 37. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | Several trees were blown down in the area. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Sale City | - | The bridge on Cherry Road was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | A tree was blocking Highway 93 near Sale City. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Sale City | - | The public reported minor flooding via mping. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | A tree blew down in Sale City. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 93 near Sale City. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | Several trees were blown down near the Sale City Baptist Church. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | A tree was blown down across Sale City Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | There were 6 reports of trees down in the eastern part of Mitchell county. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sale City | - | A tree was blown down in the eastern part of Mitchell county close to the border with Colquitt county. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sale City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akridge (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pebble City | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Laney | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Greenough | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hinsonton | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saco (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Adelaide | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lester | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Sale City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2244970 | 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 322327. 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.





