Stocks, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Philema census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. The Survey maps it on the Albany NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Albany NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Stocks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 893 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 34 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 | 217 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-012 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stocks in 16 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | $50,000 | A tree fell through a home near Graves Spring Road. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | $20,000 | Stocks Dairy Road was closed due to trees down. There was also roof damage in the area. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Stocks | $10,000 | Hail damaged the roof, then water started to leak into the attic. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down on Big Oak Dr. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | Large tree limbs were blown down onto Highway 91 at Garrett Road and blocked one lane. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | Trees were blown down across the county, especially the southern portion of the county. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | A tree was blown down on Thundering Springs Road. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Stocks | - | A couple of roads in the southeastern part of Lee county had water running over them during a 30 minute period of heavy rainfall. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | Nine trees were blown down in Lee county. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | Scattered trees were blown down in southeastern Lee county. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | A tree was blown down near Graves Springs Road and Philema Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stocks | - | A tree was blown down off Stocks Dairy Road per a public post to the WALB-TV facebook page. |
| January 2026 | Hail | Stocks | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Stocks | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Stocks | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Stocks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stocks (historical) | 0.0 miles | 10 | |
| Beloit | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Nutview (historical) | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Forrester | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Century | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Chehaw | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Palmyra | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Leesburg | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334181. 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.





