Worth, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashburn-Sycamore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31714. The Survey maps it on the Arabi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1977 USGS Arabi quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1977Taken 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.
Marshall, Howard W, 1977. Library of Congress
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
393 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Worth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,217 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 66 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 | 206 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TURNER009 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-TURNER-004 |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worth in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | $500 | A tree was blown down on Green Valley Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | $500 | A couple of trees were blown down on Warwick Highway. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Worth | - | A spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown in a rural area west of Highway 41 and north of Ashburn. No damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | - | A tree was blown down on Hopewell Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Worth | - | Flooding was reported on Ward Road and Son Story Road. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Worth | - | Flooding was reported at 2800 Son Story Road. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worth | - | Trees were blown down on Hopewell Road. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Worth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Shinglers (historical) | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ashburn | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sibley | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Armboy | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Sycamore | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hobby | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| High Springs (historical) | 7.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333470. 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.




