Uvalda, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Uvalda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30473. The Survey maps it on the Uvalda quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUvalda fell from 598 to 439 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 598 | |
| 2020 | 439 | -159 (-27%) |
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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Uvalda quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Uvalda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 46 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 | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONTGOMERY-005 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TOOMBS-014 |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONTGOMERY-008 |
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MONTGOMERY-001 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MONTGOMERY008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Uvalda: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lott Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uvalda in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalda | $15,000 | The Montgomery county 911 center reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down. One house sustained some structural damage also as a result of the wind and downed trees. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalda | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Uvalda | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail at the Dollar General Store in Uvalda. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotteville | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Alston | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Petross | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Vernon | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ailey | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| McGregor | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Higgston | 12.7 miles | 9 |
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 Uvalda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1965068 | 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 324646. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





