Smithville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31787. The Survey maps it on the Smithville West quadrangle. 593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSmithville fell from 774 to 593 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 774 | |
| 2010 | 575 | -199 (-26%) |
| 2020 | 593 | +18 (+3%) |
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
- 1973 USGS Smithville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
4 photographs, 2017Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 783 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE006 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SUMTER-017 |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Smithville | $250,000 | Significant flooding occurred within the Kinchafoonee Creek basin as well as the lower portions of the Muckalee Creek basin. The Kinchafoonee crested at its 3rd highest stage on record, causing significant damage to homes in the area, especially along Century Road. Some homes on North Hampton Road also received flooding from Muckalee Creek. The damage cost was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down around Smithville. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down on Church Street in Smithville. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down in Smithville. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $2,000 | Multiple trees and a power line were blown down around Smithville. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $2,000 | Media relayed a report of trees down and damage to a shed along Airport Road near Smithville. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $750 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over several large trees. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Trees were blown down in the Smithville area. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Trees were blown down off of Pettis Road. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | A tree was blown down on Pettis Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | The public reported via social media that a 40 ft tree blew over in Smithville. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Smithville | - | The Lee County EMA reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Smithville | - | Quarter size hail reported by the Lee County Sheriff. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards (historical) | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Eagle Pond | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Scrutchins | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Neyami | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jordan Place | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Starksville | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chokee | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mossy Dell | 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.
| Wikipedia article on Smithville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2930936 | 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 356540. 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.




