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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.

Worth within Turner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Poulan United Methodist Church, Bethel Baptist Church (sign), Shingler Methodist Church, Isabella Baptist Church, Worth County, Georgia, buildings and grounds; St. Luke's Pentecostal Church, Turner County, Georgia, building and grounds
Poulan United Methodist Church, Bethel Baptist Church (sign), Shingler Methodist Church, Isabella Baptist Church, Worth County, Georgia, buildings and grounds; St. Luke's Pentecostal Church, Turner County, Georgia, building and grounds
Marshall, Howard W, 1977. Library of Congress
M.C. Parks, front porch interview, Turner County, Georgia; Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia
M.C. Parks, front porch interview, Turner County, Georgia; Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
M.C. Parks, front porch interview, Turner County, Georgia; Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia
M.C. Parks, front porch interview, Turner County, Georgia; Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

393 since 1992

Regional 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 burning206
Equipment and vehicle use73
Arson/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TURNER009
25 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-TURNER-004
23 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Turner County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWorth$500A tree was blown down on Green Valley Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWorth$500A couple of trees were blown down on Warwick Highway.
June 2023Tornado (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 2021Thunderstorm WindWorth-A tree was blown down on Hopewell Road.
March 2020FloodWorth-Flooding was reported on Ward Road and Son Story Road.
March 2020FloodWorth-Flooding was reported at 2800 Son Story Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindWorth-Trees were blown down on Hopewell Road.
May 2024HailWorth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Turner 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
Dakota2.0 miles7
Shinglers (historical)3.1 miles7
Ashburn3.3 miles7
Sibley3.8 miles7
Armboy5.5 miles7
Sycamore5.6 miles7
Hobby7.0 miles7
High Springs (historical)7.6 miles10

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.