Benevolence, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Benevolence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39840. The Survey maps it on the Benevolence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Benevolence quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Benevolence between 1992 and 2019, burning about 399 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 | 68 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RANDOLPH-010 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-RANDOLPH-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Benevolence: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Williamson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benevolence in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Benevolence | $65,000 | The Randolph county sheriff's department and emergency management reported a tornado touchdown in the city of Benevolence. Damage included several trees and power lines down, one mobile home destroyed, one mobile home severely damaged, and several outbuildings destroyed. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benevolence | $5,000 | Several tree limbs were downed from thunderstorm winds which caused several power outages between Benevolence and Troutman. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benevolence | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Benevolence. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Benevolence | - | This tornado touched down near the Randolph-Stewart county line. It was produced from the same supercell that spawned the tornado that impacted Henry and Barbour counties in Alabama and Quitman county in Georgia. The Randolph county portion of the tornado track was rated EF1 due to tree damage. This is a rural area, and no structures were damaged in Randolph county. This tornado continued into Stewart and Webster counties with the max intensity rated as EF2 in Stewart county with max winds estimated near 120 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Benevolence | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Wades | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pumpkintown | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Brooksville | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Water Pipe | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cuthbert | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Springvale | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pachitla | 8.7 miles | 7 |
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 Benevolence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080632 | 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 331134. 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.




