Vidette, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vidette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30830. The Survey maps it on the Gough quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVidette fell from 112 to 103 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 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 103 | -9 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Gough quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Vidette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,213 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-BURKE-006 |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BURKE-011 |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BURKE-023 |
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 Vidette: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milledgeville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vidette in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Vidette | $56,000 | Storm survey found numerous trees and a few powerlines down along a path in rural Burke county. One home had trees down on an out building and minor damage was done to the back of an abonded church. Damage was also done to several wheat fields. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | $6,000 | Burke county official reported multiple trees down on Hwy 305 near Vidette. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Vidette | $5,000 | A brief tornado touched down just east of Vidette, GA on 9/26/24.|This was in association with the initial outer bands of Hurricane|Helene. The tornado is radar/EM confirmed as the widespread|damage to trees and infrastructure in Burke County, GA made it|impossible to survey this tornado after the fact. The tornado|produced tree and power line damage along its path before lifting|just north of State Route 305. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Vidette | $5,000 | NWS Storm Survey from Atlanta office tracked an EF0 tornado across Jefferson county into Burke County. Burke Emergency Manager also confirmed trees and powerlines down along southeast of Vidette on Wyatt Place road between highways 24 and 305. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | $500 | Burke County EMA reported a tree down on Hills Mill Pond Road. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | - | Report of trees down at the intersection of highway 24 and Bailey Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | - | Two trees were downed, including one large one that blocked the road, and a tree that also took down a power line, on S. College Ave near and just south of Vidette. Time estimated. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | - | Tree fell and also took down a power line on Hills Mill Pond Rd. Time estimated. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Vidette | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail in the Vidette area. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vidette | - | Trees were reported down northeast of Waynesville and also on hwy 25 north of Waynesville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gough | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rosier | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Drone | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Clair | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Magruder | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Le Roy (historical) | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Walker Grove Settlement | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elmore (historical) | 9.9 miles | 15 |
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 Vidette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2788613 | 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 324706. 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.








