Bellville, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Claxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30417. The Survey maps it on the Claxton quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 184 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBellville grew from 123 to 127 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 123 | |
| 2020 | 127 | +4 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Claxton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
584 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 584 fires within 5 miles of Bellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,112 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 98 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 | 329 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 98 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TATTNALL-003 |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellville in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Lightning | Bellville | 1 hurt | Law Enforcement reported that a student was struck by lightning during football practice in Bellville, Georgia. The individual was taken to a hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. |
| January 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Bellville | $100,000 | An official NWS storm survey confirmed a EF-1 tornado in Evans County. The tornado began in a very rural portion of southern Evans County near Bay Branch Church Road where it snapped one small tree and uprooted another. The tornado then continued toward the northeast where it snapped and uprooted more than a dozen pecan trees just north of County Road 43. The tornado strength was estimated to be EF-1 at this point, with maximum winds of 95 to 100 mph. The tornado continued to periodically snap and uproot trees as it moved near the intersection of County Road 43 and Level Road, and then near the intersection of Cleve Hagan and Perry Roads. As the tornado moved across the marshy area of Bull Creek, it seemed to increase in intensity. Once it reached just east of Perry Road and north of Bull Creek, it snapped and uprooted dozens of mostly pine trees across a large wooded area of a private residence. In this area it also uplifted the roof of a steel outbuilding and destroyed the garage door. Maximum wind speeds in this area were estimated to be near 100 mph. The tornado continued northeast, crossing near the intersection of Frances Road and Deer Run Trail, where it destroyed a small wooden storage building. The tornado ended in a filed on the east side of Deer Run Trail where it destroyed a pivot irrigation system. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Bellville | $7,500 | An emergency manager reported Allen Sikes Road, a dirt road, being washed out from recent rain. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | $1,500 | Law enforcement reported trees down on Romie Thompson Road 2 miles southwest of Hagan, Georgia. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | The Evans County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Wilton Threatt Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | A 911 call center reported a tree down on Hugh Brewton Road north of Bellville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | A 911 call center reported a tree and debris in roadway at the intersection of Kennedy Bridge Road and Highway 129 South. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | Law enforcement reported multiple trees down in Bellville, GA. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | Evans County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Kennedy Bridge Road and Old Anderson Church Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | A large tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 129 and Sapptown Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville | - | Two trees were blown down along Highway 129 near the Hillview Road intersection. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bellville | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a corn field near the intersection of Highways 129 and 169. No significant damage occurred. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Bellville | - | Heavy rainfall flooded several roads including Routes 292 and 169. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagan | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Claxton | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bay Branch | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Daniels | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Undine | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Deans Crossing | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Daisy | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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 Bellville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925700 | 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 354538. 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.









