Waverly Hall, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31831. The Survey maps it on the Waverly Hall quadrangle. 638 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWaverly Hall fell from 735 to 638 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 | 735 | |
| 2020 | 638 | -97 (-13%) |
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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Waverly Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waverly Hall quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Waverly Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 878 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 52 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 | 133 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TALBOT-004 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TALBOT-017 |
| 22 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TALBOT-013 |
| 22 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HARRIS-005 |
| 17 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HARRIS-003 |
| 16 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waverly Hall in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Lightning | Waverly Hall | $125,000 | A former National Weather Service employee reported that lightning struck a house and set it on fire. The home burned to the ground and was a complete loss. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $25,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a home in Waverly Hall. An exterior wall of the home suffered significant damage as a result. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $10,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down, mostly in the Waverly Hall area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $3,000 | Harris county 911 reported trees and power lines down in Waverly Hall and Ellerslie. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $2,000 | The Harris County Emergency Manager reported a large tree branch blown down onto a power line at a residence on Waverly Circle in Waverly Hall. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $1,500 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down on power lines in the Waverly Hall area. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of jordan dr and oneal dr. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $1,000 | The Waverly fire department reported dime size hail and 2 trees down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $500 | The Harris County 911 Center reported 1 power line down in Waverly Hall. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $500 | The Waverly Hall Fire Department reported that one tree had fallen on Georgia Highway 85. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $500 | Harris county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked a couple of trees down on highway 315. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly Hall | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked several large trees down. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | The public observed penny to quarter-sized hail in far eastern Harris county, just east of Waverly Hall at the intersection of Georgia Highway 208 and 36, eastward toward the Talbot county line, continuing into Talbot county. This hail occurred from a re-intensification of the the same thunderstorm that earlier dumped nickel-sized hail west of Mulberry Grove. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | The public reported half-dollar-sized hail just north of Waverly Hall and amateur radio operators reported penny-sized hail near Pine Mountain. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | A storm spotter reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | Amateur radio operators reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | The Harris county 911 center reported nickel-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | The Harris county 911 center reported dime size hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Waverly Hall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turntime Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ossahatchie | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgeway | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Mountain | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ellerslie | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gordydale | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kingsboro | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cataula | 7.2 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 Waverly Hall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1846972 | 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 333376. 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.








