Woolsey, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Brooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30215. The Survey maps it on the Brooks quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoolsey grew from 158 to 206 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 | 158 | |
| 2020 | 206 | +48 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Woolsey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 335 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Woolsey: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Prospect | Gemstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woolsey in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $25,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director, the public, and amateur radio operators reported that several trees were down in areas outside the confirmed tornado touchdown area. Trees were down near the Harp Nursery between Hilo Road and Woolsey and other trees were down on Georgia Highway 54, some on homes. In the Woolsey area, a chicken coop was destroyed and lawn furniture was tossed about. |
| March 2012 | Lightning | Woolsey | $10,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported that lightning struck a residential structure on Osbourne Court, damaging the roof. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $2,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $1,000 | Power lines were downed at the intersection of goza road and antioch road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $1,000 | Trees downed near the intersection of Hampton Road and GA92. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $1,000 | Wires were downed in the 100 block of Chappell Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woolsey | $1,000 | Report of tree and powerlines down near Hwy 92 and Mud Bridge Rd. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Woolsey | - | An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail near Georgia Highway 92. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolsey Creek Plantation | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bakersfield Farms | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Stubbs Plantation | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gantt Acres | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gypsy Woods | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Woolsey Woods | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Inman | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Calebs Meadows | 1.7 miles | 10 |
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 Woolsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2095880 | 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 333466. 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.




