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Upatoi, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31829. The Survey maps it on the Upatoi quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

Upatoi within Muscogee County

On record in Upatoi

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Upatoi between 1992 and 2019, burning about 363 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
5 September 1999Smoking28 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MUSCOGEE001
22 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MUSCOGEE-001
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TALBOT-007
18 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HARRIS-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upatoi in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Upatoi$25,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds 80 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down in extreme northern Muscogee County near Deerwood Court snapping a few pine trees and causing damage to shingles one the roof of a home. The tornado moved northeast quickly crossing into Harris County. No injuries were reported. [04/14/19: Tornado #2, County #1/3, EF-0, Muscogee, 2019:022].
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUpatoi$3,000Emergency manager reported 3 trees down around the Utapoi community.
March 2023HailUpatoi-Half dollar size hail reported near intersection of Cartledge Rd and Hwy 80.
March 2023HailUpatoi-Ping Pong Ball size hail reported on Upatoi Lane.
June 2022HailUpatoi-Quarter size hail reported in Utapoi.
December 2021HailUpatoi-Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter-sized hail on McKee Road near the intersection of County Line Road.
May 2018Flash FloodUpatoi-Georgia DOT and county emergency personnel reported road closures due to flooding along Highway 80 at the Kendell Creek crossing.
July 2002HailUpatoi-The public reported dime to quarter size hail in Upatoi and dime size hail in Columbus and North Columbus.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindUpatoi-The public reported that large tree limbs were blown. Winds gusts were estimated at two different locations in Upatoi at 65 to greater than 70 mph.
July 2002HailUpatoi-The public reported that hail, ranging in size from dimes to quarters, fell for a period of 15 to 20 minutes. A rainfall estimate of four to five inches was also provided at this same location.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee 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
Commonwealth (historical)3.9 miles17
Midland5.0 miles17
Beaver Run6.4 miles17
Flat Rock6.9 miles17
Foxrun7.1 miles17
Schatulga7.3 miles17
Farmington7.5 miles18
Muscogee Manor7.6 miles25

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 UpatoiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7898189The 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 333311. 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.