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Skipperton, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rutland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31216. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Skipperton within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Skipperton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 799 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 58 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 burning62
Arson/incendiarism58
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-001
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BIBB002
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-PEACH-005
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-010
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-002
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Skipperton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J&J Lumber Co. QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skipperton in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2010LightningSkipperton1 hurtThe Macon Telegraph reported that lightning struck a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier while placing mail in a mailbox on Rocky Creek Road in Macon. The female mail carrier was taken to the hospital after asking for medical attention, but did not sustain any life-threatening injuries.
July 2002LightningSkipperton1 hurtAn amateur radio operator reported that a person was struck and injured by lightning.
March 2019HailSkipperton$2,000,000The Bibb County Emergency Manager reported golf ball to lime size hail on the south side of Macon from around the intersection of Allen Road and Houston Road to the Middle Georgia Regional Airport.
April 2015HailSkipperton$1,700,000A picture of several golf ball size hail stones that fell on Hartley Bridge Road was received via social media.
March 2011HailSkipperton$1,580,000A storm spotter observed golf ball-sized hail just north of the Macon Regional Airport on Hartly Bridge Road. An amateur radio operator relayed a report of half-dollar-sized hail from southern Bibb county and a trained spotter observed quarter-sized hail in southern Bibb county, just west of Rutland.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$30,000The Bibb County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down in the vicinity of Bloomfield Road and Reynolds Drive. A few of these trees fell on homes. The fire station at the corner of Bloomfield Road and Rocky Creek Road had part of its metal roof peeled off.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$20,000The public reported several trees down on Fran Drive. One fell through a mobile home. Additional trees and a power line were blown down on Jones Road.
November 2018Tornado (EF0)Skipperton$15,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 200 yards occurred across southern Bibb County, south of Macon. The tornado touched down around intersection of Sardis Church Road and Hartley Bridge Road where several large trees were snapped, one striking a house. The tornado moved east-northeast snapping and uprooting trees across Barfield Road and I-75. East of I-75, a church along Skipperton Road had a portion of its metal roof blown off and tossed more than 100 yards downwind. At this same location, a covered walkway anchored in the ground with concrete footings was pulled from the ground. The tornado continued east-northeast across the Skipperton community with trees blown down along Hartley Bridge Road and Houston Road, eventually lifting east of Highway 129, Hawkinsville Road. [11/07/18: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Bibb, 2018:015].
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$15,000The public reported trees blown down from south of Lizella to Macon, including one down onto a power line on Fulton Mill Road between Dove Drive and Shelly Drive, one on a car on Hollis Road and several down on power lines on Wimbish Road. No injuries were reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$8,000The broadcast media reported trees and power lines blown down on Hartley Bridge road, Corbin Avenue and Holmes Avenue.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$3,000The Bibb County 911 center reported that several trees were blown down, one onto a power line in the southern part of the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSkipperton$2,000The public reported that from six to ten trees were blown down along Interstate-475, just south of the Interstate-475/Interstate-75 merge.
May 2010HailSkipperton-The public and a trained storm spotter observed penny to slightly larger than nickel-sized hail from the far southern part of Bibb county, south of Skipperton, to the central part of the county, just west of Macon.
February 2008HailSkipperton-The public observed penny-sized hail on the south side of Macon at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Lee Roads.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Aultman Pines0.6 miles12
Liberty View1.2 miles12
Bevinwood1.4 miles12
Fairystone1.9 miles12
Rutland2.0 miles12
Meadows2.2 miles14
Sardis Estates2.3 miles12
Sofkee2.5 miles12

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 Q122590716The 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 323059. 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.