Scooterville, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Poulan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31775. The Survey maps it on the Ty Ty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1973 USGS Ty Ty quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Scooterville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 696 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TIFT-004 |
| 26 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019WORTH002 |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TIFT-021 |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scooterville in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scooterville | $2,000 | A couple of power lines were blown down on W H Saunders Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scooterville | $2,000 | A power line was down across the highway at Highway 256 and Bethel Church Road. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scooterville | - | A tree was blown down onto EW Booth Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scooterville | - | A tree was blown down at Paulks Chapel Road and Bethel Church Road. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Scooterville | - | This tornado was confirmed via video on social media and photo from emergency management. Other than a few trees down, no damage of note has been reported from this tornado, which passed through mostly farmland and unpopulated rural areas of Colquitt, Worth, and Tift counties. Therefore, the rating is left as EF Unknown. The location and time is estimated from the video, photos, and radar data. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Scooterville | - | Flooding was reported on Sledge Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scooterville | - | Trees were blown down in the Scooterville area. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Scooterville | - | Nickel size hail completely covered the ground. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Scooterville | - | Half dollar size hail was reported north of Norman park in extreme southern Worth 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Powelltown | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Minton | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tempy | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Anderson City | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sumner | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Poulan | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gordy | 12.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122571760 | 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 326507. 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.




