BlockBelleview, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31836. It stands on Gin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Belleview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,082 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 46 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 | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TALBOT-007 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TALBOT-001 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TALBOT-003 |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TALBOT012 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TALBOT-009 |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021TALBOT001 |
| 28 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleview in 2 storm reports in 2020: 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Belleview | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards developed over northern |Talbot County blowing down numerous trees in a mostly remote, wooded area. Several roads were blocked by downed trees including Tom Buffington Road and Sunrise Road. [04/12/20: Tornado #10, County #1/1, EF-0, Talbot, 2020:016]. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | Belleview | - | The Emergency Manager reported that Tom Buffington Road was closed due to high flow through Lazer Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greens Mill | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Woodland | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Beall | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hawkins Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Tax Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Cunningham Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sardis | 4.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354535. 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.