BlockBlacksville, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the McDonough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30253. The Survey maps it on the McDonough quadrangle. 4 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
On record in Blacksville
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
McDonough Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.4 miles away
Brown Houselisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Globe Hotellisted 1985 · 1.0 miles away
Henry County Courthouselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mc Donough quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Blacksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HENRY-006 |
| 21 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blacksville: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blacksville in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | 1 hurt | The Henry County Emergency Manager reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew over seven tractor trailers near the intersection of Highway 42 and King Mill Road. An individual inside one of the vehicles was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | $10,000 | An FAA Air Traffic Controller reported power lines and power poles blown down along Highway 20 at I-75. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | $1,000 | Tree down on home along Brittany Ln near Courtlyn Way. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | $1,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down across the county. One near Forston Road, one on Industrial Boulevard, one near Campground Road and Campground Court, and another near Mountain Laurel and Highway 20E. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | - | Report of a tree down blocking I-75 southbound before Hwy 20/81. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | - | Henry county eoc reports winds up to 65 mph and several thousand without power throughout the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksville | - | Tree down on powerlines at intersection of hwy 155 and hwy 42. Lanes blocked. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Blacksville | - | Report of quarter sized hail near Willow Ln. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Blacksville | - | Henry County Law Enforcement reported pea to quarter sized hail fell in the McDonough area for at least 10 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonough | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Greenwood | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Flippen | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Julia | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Tunis (historical) | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ola | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Unity Grove | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Brannan | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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 Blacksville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2613715 | 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 331179. 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.