BlockSandy Point, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zenith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31050. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Bolingbroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Moran quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
342 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 40 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 | 213 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
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 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CRAWFORD-003 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CRAWFORD-011 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CRAWFORD007 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CRAWFORD004 |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRAWFORD-013 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CRAWFORD-011 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CRAWFORD-003 |
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 Sandy Point: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
17 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Point in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Sandy Point | $150,000 | Broadcast Media reported that a house was destroyed by a lightning fire off Marshall Mill Road. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Sandy Point | $76,000 | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail near around the intersection of Jordan Road and Boy Scout Road. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Sandy Point | $76,000 | The public reported golf ball size hail on Richardson Mill Road. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Sandy Point | $10,000 | The Emergency Manager reported high runoff washed out part of Spring Hill Church Road off Highway 80, east of Roberta. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $6,000 | The Crawford County 911 center reported several trees blown down from around the intersection of Marshall Mill Road and Pottery Road to around the intersection of Walton Road and Union Church Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $2,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree and power line down at the 2200 block of Carl Sutton Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $2,000 | The Crawford County 911 Center relayed reports of several downed trees and power lines across the eastern portion of the county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $2,000 | A CoCoRaHS observer reported that several trees and power lines were down in the southeastern part of Crawford county. Several power outages were observed in the area. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $1,500 | Amateur Radio operator reported several trees down on Highway 80 east. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $1,000 | Tree down at highway 80 East and Bentley Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $1,000 | Tree down on highway 42 s between Marshall Mill Road and Bryant Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $1,000 | The Crawford County 911 center reported a tree blown down across Highway 42 near Bryant Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Point | $1,000 | The media reported trees down on Highway 80 east of Roberta. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Sandy Point | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail on North Wood Drive. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Sandy Point | - | The Crawford County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail in extreme northeast Crawford county between Sandy Point and the Bibb county line. This storm intensified as it moved into Bibb county and produced golf ball to tennis ball-sized hail near Lizella. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Sandy Point | - | The Crawford County Emergency Management Director reported half dollar-sized hail across east central Crawford county between Sandy Point and Jack Brown Estates. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sandy Point | - | An amateur radio operator reported quarter-sized hail in the far eastern part of the county near the Bibb county line. |
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 322496. 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.