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Bellton, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30554. The Survey maps it on the Lula quadrangle.

Bellton within Hall County

On record in Bellton

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Bellton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-009
15 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BANKS-002
14 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-005
14 September 2010Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bellton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hall County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellton in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017HailBellton$1,787,000An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBellton$15,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported a wooden light pole snapped and several trees blown down near the intersection of Old Cornelia Highway and Mud Creek Road. The light pole fell onto a home, no injuries were reported.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBellton$1,000Tree down on powerline near Mud Creek Rd and Bill Wilson Rd.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindBellton$1,000Em reports tree down across roadway at intersection of Belton Bridge Rd.

Every storm recorded in Hall County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lula0.4 miles15
Belton1.2 miles15
Surf Side Club Estates4.7 miles15
Glades4.8 miles15
Dunagan5.3 miles14
Hidden Acres5.8 miles13
White Sulphur Station (historical)5.8 miles15
White Sulphur Springs5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325842. 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.