BlockSouth Moultrie, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Moultrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31768. The Survey maps it on the Moultrie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1978 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
480 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of South Moultrie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 53 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 | 331 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-010 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT004 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT014 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT013 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | 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
15 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Moultrie in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Lightning | South Moultrie | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A 9-year-old girl was killed by a lightning strike in Moultrie while walking on a trail on South Main Street with her mother and 15 year old sister. The sister was injured. The family took cover under a shelter when lightning struck a nearby tree. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $5,000 | Some damage to homes occurred on Tallokas Circle and Tallokas Road due to trees falling. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $3,800 | Trees and power lines were blown down across the southeast portion of Colquitt county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $3,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 133. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $3,000 | A metal shed was destroyed and blown 75-100 yards. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $3,000 | A tree was blown down across a home with power lines also down on Walter Murphy Road. Damage cost was estimated. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down on Lower Meigs Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $2,000 | Three trees were blown down on the south side of Moultrie. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | $2,000 | Two power poles were snapped along Country Circle. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | - | Several trees were blown down in the southern part of Moultrie. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | - | A tree fell onto a house. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | - | A tree was blown down on Pioneer Trail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | - | A tree was blown down on Tallokas Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Moultrie | - | A traffic light blew down on Veterans Ave. |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Moultrie | - | 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.
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 Q122569306 | 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 344017. 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.