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Sycamore, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashburn-Sycamore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31790. The Survey maps it on the Ashburn quadrangle. 692 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Sycamore within Turner County

Population over time

3 figures

Sycamore grew from 496 to 692 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.

YearPeople Change
2000496
2010711+215 (+43%)
2020692-19 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 1977

Taken 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.

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Rebecca, Georgia; Scenes in Amboy and Sycamore, Turner County, Georgia
Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Rebecca, Georgia; Scenes in Amboy and Sycamore, Turner County, Georgia
Stanley, David, 1942-, 1977. Library of Congress
Crop dusting near Sycamore, Georgia; Luther "Lying" Bailey's peanut plants, Sycamore, Georgia
Crop dusting near Sycamore, Georgia; Luther "Lying" Bailey's peanut plants, Sycamore, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Carlos and Lola Ross, Sycamore, Georgia
Carlos and Lola Ross, Sycamore, Georgia
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Carlos and Lola Ross, Sycamore, Georgia; Folklife team headquarters, Cresswell Hall, ABAC, Tifton, Georgia
Carlos and Lola Ross, Sycamore, Georgia; Folklife team headquarters, Cresswell Hall, ABAC, Tifton, Georgia
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940-, 1977. Library of Congress
Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia; Scenes of Sycamore, Georgia
Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia; Scenes of Sycamore, Georgia
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940-, 1977. Library of Congress
Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia; Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia
Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia; Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia; Scenes of Ashburn, Georgia
Luther "Lying" Bailey, Sycamore, Georgia; Scenes of Ashburn, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

524 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,278 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 63 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 burning295
Equipment and vehicle use103
Arson/incendiarism63
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TURNER008
24 September 2012Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-TURNER-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Turner County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sycamore in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Sycamore$750,000The EF-1 tornado moved from northern Tift County into southeastern Turner County. Many trees on T & C Circle along the Tift-Turner county line were snapped and laid along the fence on the rural road. Roofs were peeled off large metal hay barns. One large barn was destroyed with several others damaged. A pivot irrigation system was damaged. Fifteen homes were damaged, of which two were destroyed, ten with major damage, and three with moderate damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSycamore$100,000Numerous trees were blown down including some through houses. However, no injuries were reported. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSycamore$3,000A tree was blown down onto power lines causing a power outages in the town of Sycamore.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSycamore$2,500Few trees and power lines down. Reported by Turner County 911.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSycamore$1,000Several downed trees along Highway 112 reported by the Turner County Sheriff.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2020FloodSycamore-Flooding was reported on Blanchard Road and Luke Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSycamore-A tree was blown down at Highway 32 east and Bethel Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSycamore-A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down across roads.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down across roads.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down across powerlines.
March 2024HailSycamore-no account filed
April 2020HailSycamore-no account filed
April 2017HailSycamore-no account filed
July 2016HailSycamore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Turner 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
Ashburn2.3 miles7
Bethel3.9 miles8
Inaha4.2 miles8
Coverdale5.4 miles7
Hobby5.5 miles7
Worth5.6 miles7
Shinglers (historical)6.7 miles7
Five Points6.8 miles10

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 SycamoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2932218The 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 333176. 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.