Waresboro, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Waresboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31503. The Survey maps it on the Waycross West quadrangle. 375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1967 USGS Waycross West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
398 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Waresboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,349 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 53 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 | 219 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WARE-010 |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARE-014 |
| 30 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waresboro: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pafford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waresboro in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Lightning | Waresboro | $15,000 | Lightning struck an outside garage-type building at a Waresboro residence and caused a fire which resulted in about $15,000 in damages. The building had held an antique tractor, a golf cart and a lot of antiques. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresboro | $10,000 | Winds blew down a barn with sheet metal ripped off of the roof at 3661 Luvett Road. Straight line winds produced a damage swath less than a quarter of a mile. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresboro | $2,500 | Numerous reports of large trees blown down. A carport was damaged. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresboro | - | Trees were blown down across Waresboro due to strong winds. A large tree was also snapped and damaged a front porch. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Waresboro | - | Around 205 pm EDT, a tornado was reported along Clough Bay Road North in Ware county about 2 miles SSE of Waresboro. GEMA coordinator relayed that there were 15 structure damaged by the tornado in Ware county, with 4 of the structures having minor damage and 6 with major damage. There were 1400 totoal without power. At 219 pm, law enforcment reported a tornado in Pierce county first moving in from the west near Highway 84 and the Sunnyside area, traveling along St. Johns Church Road and Riggins Road into the march northeast of Rigggins Road. The path was about 9 miles and the tornado was on the ground from 2:19 to 2:28 pm. Widespread tree damage occurred, billboards were destroyed and there was roof damage along the path. |
| March 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Waresboro | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Waresboro. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresboro | - | Widespread tree damage was reported across the county. The time of the onset of damage was based on radar. |
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Waresboro | - | Approximately 1500 ft damage path extending from the south-southeast to the north-northwest and ending near Lovett Road and Landrum Lane. Twelve structures had slight to moderate damage to roofs and skirting. Most structures were mobile homes and outbuildings. A few trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Waresboro | - | Ware County EMA reported hail over the extreme western portion of the county. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waresboro | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Waresboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viviani | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sappville | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Valley | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Winona Park | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Deenwood | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jamestown | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Waltertown | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hasty | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Waresboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7969317 | 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 356618. 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.




