Shellman, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shellman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39886. The Survey maps it on the Shellman quadrangle. 861 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 384 feet above sea level.
On record in Shellman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Shellman Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresShellman fell from 1,083 to 861 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,083 | |
| 2020 | 861 | -222 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1972 USGS Shellman quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Shellman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 675 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 4 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 | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-RANDOLPH-006 |
| 26 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RANDOLPH-012 |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-005 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shellman in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Lightning | Shellman | $100,000 | Fire destroyed more than 4,000 tons of peanuts after lightning struck a warehouse at the Locke Farm Center in Shellman. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | $10,000 | A large tree was blown down into a home near Shellman. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | $5,000 | Minor structural damage occurred to the back wall of a warehouse. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | $5,000 | The Randolph county 911 dispatch reported that numerous trees were blown down across the county from near Shellman westward to near Springvale. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | $3,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down in the Shellman area. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | $2,000 | Several trees and a power line were blown down in the Shellman area. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | - | Trees were blown down in the Shellman area. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | - | A tree was blown down across a road in Shellman. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shellman | - | Trees were down at Highway 82 just north of Shellman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pachitla | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Martins Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Five Points | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Goffs Mill | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Water Pipe | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Aycock Mill | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Brooksville | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Shivers Mill | 8.6 miles | 7 |
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 Shellman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2459728 | 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 356533. 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.




