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.
Population over time
3 figuresSycamore 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 496 | |
| 2010 | 711 | +215 (+43%) |
| 2020 | 692 | -19 (-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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Ashburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
7 photographs, 1977Taken 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.
Stanley, David, 1942-, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940-, 1977. Library of Congress
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940-, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
524 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 295 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TURNER008 |
| 24 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-TURNER-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Sycamore | $750,000 | The 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | $100,000 | Numerous trees were blown down including some through houses. However, no injuries were reported. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines causing a power outages in the town of Sycamore. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | $2,500 | Few trees and power lines down. Reported by Turner County 911. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | $1,000 | Several downed trees along Highway 112 reported by the Turner County Sheriff. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Sycamore | - | Flooding was reported on Blanchard Road and Luke Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | A tree was blown down at Highway 32 east and Bethel Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down across roads. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down across roads. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sycamore | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down across powerlines. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sycamore | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Sycamore | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Sycamore | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Sycamore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburn | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bethel | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Inaha | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Coverdale | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hobby | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Worth | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Shinglers (historical) | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Five Points | 6.8 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 Sycamore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2932218 | 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 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.




