BlockTempy, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Poulan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31791. It stands on Tiger Thicket Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tempy 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Tempy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Tempy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,353 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WORTH-011 |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WORTH-010 |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WORTH008 |
| 22 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WORTH-003 |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WORTH-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tempy in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | $10,000 | Downed trees on State Highways 33 and 82. A tree fell on a house near State Highway 256. Reported by the Worth County Sheriff. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | $1,000 | Multiple trees and a power line were blown down along Highway 33 South. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was down along Douthit Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | Large tree limbs were blocking the roadway along Thornhill Road and Highway 256. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A large oak tree partially blocked Highway 33. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 33 South heading towards Horse Creek. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was blown down across the road at the south end of Worth county. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was blown down and blocking one lane of traffic on Douthit Road just east of Highway 33 S. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Tempy | - | Water was reported over Highway 256 near Wrights Chapel Road due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was blown down on Bridgeboro-Anderson City Road about 1 mile east of Highway 133. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tempy | - | A tree was blown down onto Wrights Chapel Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powelltown | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gordy | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Poulan | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Anderson City | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Alfords | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sylvester | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Hill | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Parkerville | 6.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326545. 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.