Belfast, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richmond Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31324. It stands on Jerico River. The Survey maps it on the Limerick SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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 Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Limerick SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Limerick SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Belfast between 1992 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. 5 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LIBERTY-008 |
| 15 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belfast in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belfast | - | The media reported vinyl ceiling material blown off a porch roof along Georgia Highway 144 near Charlies Road. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Belfast | - | The public reported dime to nickel size hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belfast | - | The Bryan County Dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 144 and Strathy Hall Road. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Belfast | - | The public reported ping pong size hail along Charlies Road near Rabbit Hill. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Belfast | - | A trained spotter reported penny to quarter size hail along highway 144 near Rabbit Hill. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belfast | - | Several large trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Buckhead | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sweet Hill | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Level | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fancy Hall | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Myrtle Grove | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Port Royal | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rabbit Hill | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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 Belfast | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29093155 | 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 311040. 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.











