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Willacoochee, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Willacoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31650. The Survey maps it on the Willacoochee quadrangle. 1,240 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.

Willacoochee within Atkinson County

On record in Willacoochee

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Willacoochee fell from 1,391 to 1,240 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,391
20201,240-151 (-11%)

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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Willacoochee, Georgia, commercial district including Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders
Willacoochee, Georgia, commercial district including Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders
Stanley, David, 1942-, 1977. Library of Congress
Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia; Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders, Willacoochee, Georgia
Tift County Singing Convention, Tifton, Georgia; Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders, Willacoochee, Georgia
Stanley, David, 1942- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders, Willacoochee, Georgia; Jack Dempsey's Barbeque, Enigma, Georgia
Kirkland Variety Works boatbuilders, Willacoochee, Georgia; Jack Dempsey's Barbeque, Enigma, Georgia
Stanley, David, 1942-, 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Willacoochee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 529 acres in total. 10 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 burning189
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning19 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BERRIEN-007
30 September 2006Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atkinson County

Storms near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willacoochee in 38 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 27 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee2 hurtThe county EM reported a large tree was blown along Bostwick Street and destroyed a home. Two inhabitants were transported with injuries to the hospital. Four people in total were displaced. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2004LightningWillacoochee1 hurtno account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$15,000Mobile home damaged.
November 2002Tornado (F0)Willacoochee$10,000Brief tornado touchdown along Highway 82. Several tree tops snapped and twisted. Several large trees down across roadway.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$5,000Numerous trees and power lines downed. EMA reported event due to straight line winds.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Willacoochee$5,000Tornado skipped Eastward along US-82. Two homes recieved minor damage.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$2,000Large trees down on power lines.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-A tree was blown down onto a home off of Bostwick Street. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Destructive straight line winds damaged trees, homes and farm equipment near the GA Highway 135 North corridor. Around 7:35 pm, a mobile home had structure damage off of Dillingham Lane and around the same time locations along Paulk Road had numerous trees snapped and uprooted. Around 7:36 pm, major tree and structure damage occurred along GA Highway 135 N and Ben Lindsey Lane where small barns and outbuildings lost roofs. Peak winds were estimated around 90-100 mph near these locations. Around the same time, additional trees and structures were damaged along K Dillingham Land and Firefly Lane, including a manufactured home that has the roof completely destroyed. The last of notable damage was seen around the intersection of GA Highway 135 N and Substation Road where some large farm equipment was blown across pastureland.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Trees were blown down that caused power outages in Willacoochee.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-A tree was blown down on GA Highway 135N. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-A tree was blown down along North Highway 135 near US Highway 82.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Multiple reports of power lines blown down occurred across the county. Two trees were blown down near Willacochee.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Tress and power lines were blown down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Several trees were blown down across Highway 135. One tree blocked the road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Trees were blown down near Willacoochee. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 90 and Bridgetown Road north of Willacoochee. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-A tree was blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Trees were blown down in Willacoochee. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2013HailWillacoochee-Golf ball size hail was reported in Willacoochee.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Trees and large limbs were blown down in Willacoochee. One large limb was blown down and landed on a car. The cost of damage was unknown. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Trees were blown down on Highway 82 in Willacoochee. The time of the damage was based on radar.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-A light pole was blown down in Willacoochee.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-The Atkinson County Road Department reported trees and power lines down in Withlacoochee and the northern end of the county near the Coffee County line due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailWillacoochee-The public reported a severe storm that produced 1.75 inch hail near Willacoochee. Twelve minutes later law enforcement reported the hail had decreased in size to 0.75 inch near Pearson.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-Power line down and traffic lights out.
March 2005HailWillacoochee-no account filed
March 2005HailWillacoochee-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWillacoochee-no account filed
July 2004HailWillacoochee-no account filed
March 2003HailWillacoochee-no account filed
March 2003HailWillacoochee-no account filed
June 1997HailWillacoochee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atkinson 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
Gracys Station (historical)1.5 miles8
Leliaton3.0 miles8
Oberry4.6 miles8
Kirkland7.6 miles8
Pearson10.7 miles8
Henderson Still11.4 miles8
Axson17.1 miles7
Stokesville17.7 miles7

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 WillacoocheeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2140958The 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 333429. 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.