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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.

Waresboro within Ware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

398 since 1992

Regional 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 burning219
Arson/incendiarism53
Equipment and vehicle use34
Natural29
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking3

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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2006Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WARE-010
30 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WARE-014
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pafford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Ware County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009LightningWaresboro$15,000Lightning 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 2011Thunderstorm WindWaresboro$10,000Winds 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 1997Thunderstorm WindWaresboro$2,500Numerous reports of large trees blown down. A carport was damaged.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWaresboro-Trees were blown down across Waresboro due to strong winds. A large tree was also snapped and damaged a front porch.
April 2020Tornado (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 2012Funnel CloudWaresboro-A funnel cloud was reported near Waresboro.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWaresboro-Widespread tree damage was reported across the county. The time of the onset of damage was based on radar.
September 2007Tornado (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 1994HailWaresboro-Ware County EMA reported hail over the extreme western portion of the county.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWaresboro-no account filed
July 2004HailWaresboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ware 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
Viviani3.3 miles8
Sappville3.7 miles8
Pine Valley4.0 miles8
Winona Park4.8 miles8
Deenwood5.0 miles8
Jamestown5.0 miles8
Waltertown5.2 miles8
Hasty5.3 miles8

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 WaresboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7969317The 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.