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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.

Bellville within Evans County

Population over time

2 figures

Bellville 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.

YearPeople Change
2010123
2020127+4 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

584 since 1992

Regional 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 burning329
Arson/incendiarism98
Equipment and vehicle use41
Natural31
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TATTNALL-003
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Evans County

Storms near this place

13 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009LightningBellville1 hurtLaw 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 2024Tornado (EF1)Bellville$100,000An 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 2018FloodBellville$7,500An emergency manager reported Allen Sikes Road, a dirt road, being washed out from recent rain.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBellville$1,500Law enforcement reported trees down on Romie Thompson Road 2 miles southwest of Hagan, Georgia.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBellville-The Evans County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Wilton Threatt Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBellville-A 911 call center reported a tree down on Hugh Brewton Road north of Bellville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBellville-A 911 call center reported a tree and debris in roadway at the intersection of Kennedy Bridge Road and Highway 129 South.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBellville-Law enforcement reported multiple trees down in Bellville, GA.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBellville-Evans County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Kennedy Bridge Road and Old Anderson Church Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBellville-A large tree was reported down at the intersection of Highway 129 and Sapptown Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBellville-Two trees were blown down along Highway 129 near the Hillview Road intersection.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Bellville-A tornado briefly touched down in a corn field near the intersection of Highways 129 and 169. No significant damage occurred.
June 2004Flash FloodBellville-Heavy rainfall flooded several roads including Routes 292 and 169.

Every storm recorded in Evans 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
Hagan2.2 miles18
Claxton3.8 miles18
Bay Branch4.5 miles19
Daniels4.9 miles19
Undine5.2 miles18
Deans Crossing5.5 miles19
Mount Pleasant6.6 miles19
Daisy7.4 miles19

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 BellvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925700The 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.