Adabelle, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Register census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30452. The Survey maps it on the Register quadrangle.
On record in Adabelle
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William W. Olliff Farmlisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Statesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Register quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Adabelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 28 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 | 185 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adabelle in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | $2,250 | The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a power line along Highway 301 South. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | $2,000 | Siding from the underskirt of a trailer was torn off 2 miles south of the intersection of State Route 301 and Interstate 16. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | $1,500 | Several Trees were blown down on Highway 301 south of Interstate 95. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | $1,000 | Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down along Kennedy Bridge Road near Ada Bell Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | $500 | A tree was reported down on Adabelle Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down in the 700 block of Bowen Lane. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | - | The public reported 3 trees down 5 miles south southwest of Register. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Adabelle | - | The public reported nickel-size hail 5 miles south southwest of Register. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Adabelle | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adabelle | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in several locations. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Register | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bowen Mill | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Overbrook | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Enal (historical) | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Jimps | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Anderson Mill | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Nevils | 9.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326150. 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.








