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Sawhatchee, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jakin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39823. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Sawhatchee within Early County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

342 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Sawhatchee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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 burning148
Railroad operations and maintenance116
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020EARLY009
23 September 2016Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-EARLY-015

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Early County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sawhatchee: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Early County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawhatchee in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Tornado (EF2)Sawhatchee$500,000An EF2 tornado with max winds estimated at 115 mph touched down on Damascus Hilton Road just east of Zion Road and moved NE toward Cedar Springs Road. At the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Hightower Road, two residences were significantly damaged, with a portion of the roof deck removed. Additionally several farm buildings were damaged or destroyed in the area. The tornado then turned more to the east and eventually lifted when reaching Old Lucile Road. Damage further east on Rock Bluff Road near the intersection of Highway 39 was consistent with straight line wind damage with winds near 80 to 90 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2021Tornado (EF0)Sawhatchee-An EF0 tornado with max winds estimated at 80 mph touched down between Old Cedar Springs Road and County Road 26 in southwestern Early County. Sporadic tree damage was observed north of Big Pine Road and along Cedar Springs Road. The tornado dissipated near Fryer Road. Rating is based on sporadic tree damage and minimal structural impacts.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindSawhatchee-A tree was blown down along Cedar Springs Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSawhatchee-A tree was blown down at Fryer Road and Damascus Hilton Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSawhatchee-A large tree was blown down near the intersection of OJ Big Pine Road and County Road 26.

Every storm recorded in Early 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hilton2.1 miles9
Rock Hill3.6 miles9
Luke4.5 miles9
McLendon (historical)4.7 miles8
Freeman6.1 miles9
Lucile6.3 miles9
Cedar Springs6.5 miles9
Centerville7.0 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122557060The 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 322604. 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.