Bellville, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jennings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32053. The Survey maps it on the Pinetta quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pinetta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Bellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 794 acres in total. 11 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 | 64 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FERN (40) |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR152-2(24-04) |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COUNTY RD 152 (24-04) |
| 2 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NW CR152 (24-04) |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LOWNDES-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellville in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | $200 | A tree was blown down at 152 Lake Alcyone. Cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | $200 | A tree was blown down at NW 26th Lane and NW 23rd Blvd. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| April 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bellville | - | Measured rainfall in the past 6 hours about 5 miles north of Blue Springs was 4.37 inches. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | Bellville | - | A mesonet site near Blue Springs measured 2.87 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | Two trees were blown down near Bellville. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | Law enforcement reported trees down and blocking roadways near Bellville. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Bellville | - | Backwater flooding from creeks has caused NW 16th Avenue in Bellville, near Jasper, to be closed due to water over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octahatchee | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Springs | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jennings | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| West Lake | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Alapaha (historical) | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Avoca | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Adams | 14.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294672. 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.




