BlockBell, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. It stands on Falling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksons Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jacksons Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Bell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 569 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-ELBERT-004 |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Natural | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Smoking | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 163 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Mine | Feldspar | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bell in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bell | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. The wind was not directly associated with a thunderstorm, but was actually the result of an outflow boundary from a storm complex over the Midlands and east central Georgia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortsonia | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cauthen | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Stansell (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Huguenot (historical) | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Middleton | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Beverly | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pearl | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Silk Mills | 8.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354533. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.