BlockWinokur, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Folkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Cross Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Winokur quadrangle.
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
- 1966 USGS Winokur quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Winokur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 11 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 | 57 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 32 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY022 |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHARLTON-012 |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-CHARLTON-002 |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 53 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CHARLTON-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winokur in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Winokur | $100,000 | Structural damage to buildings in Homeland, Camp Pickney and Winokur. Shop roof off in Winokur. Numerous trees down with a .5 mile damage path. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-301. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Winokur | - | At approximately 1052 AM EDT, a weak and narrow EF0 tornado|touched down near a dirt road just off of Crews Community Rd in|Winokur, GA where it snapped several small healthy trees. The|tornado then continued east-northeastward along Crews Community|Road just west of the Winokur town center where it snapped several|other small tress and large branches. The most damage was observed|near the intersection of County Road 96, Crews Community Rd, and|Samuel Crews Rd near the center of Winokur as well as crossing|Highway 301 just to the north of the center of Winokur. Damage in|this area included the tops of several softwood trees were snapped,|many small & large branches were broken, a large shed was |destroyed, shingles were blown off a couple of houses, siding was ripped off a house causing partial building damage, and a |large tree snapped near the base of the trunk and fell on |powerlines. The tornado then crossed the Charlton/Brantley county|line near a heavily forested area before ending near Riverside Rd|just north of Big Oak, GA, where several small branches were |broken and a small tree was snapped near the base of the trunk. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Winokur | - | A personal weather station northwest of Folkston measured 4 inches of rain in just under 3 hours. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Winokur | - | Golf ball size hail was observed near Winokur. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | - | Law Enforcement reported trees and power lines down in the Winokur area off Highway 301. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Winokur | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Winokur | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersons (historical) | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Prescott (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Racepond | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Newell | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cypress Siding | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mattox | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Uptonville | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Homeland | 12.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325457. 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.