Blackville, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gillis Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31002. The Survey maps it on the Soperton North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Soperton North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
424 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Blackville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 30 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 | 260 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TREUTLEN-012 |
| 8 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAURENS-043 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | 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 Blackville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackville in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $4,000 | Several trees down along GA hwy 86 on north side of the county. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $250 | The Truetlen County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree was blown down on Georgia Highway 86. The road was partially blocked as a result. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Blackville | - | A brief QLCS EF0 tornado quickly evolved within the line of |storms which moved through Central GA on the afternoon of Tuesday |April 5, 2022. The tornado touched down southeast of Adrian along |Hidden Acres Ln where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The|tornado continued NE crossing Crooked Run Rd before lifting. [4/5/22: Tornado #13, County #1/1, EF-0, Treutlen, 2022:016]. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Trees down at Norris Road and Crooked Run Road. |
| August 2006 | Flood | Blackville | - | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported that Georgia Highways 15 and 86 in the northern portion of the county, particularly between Blackville and Five Points, had spots where the water was four to six inches deep. However, no roads were closed or washed out. A large cluster of thunderstorms with very heavy rain drifted slowly south through the county in a one to two hour period, roughly from 730 pm to 930 pm EDT. Rainfall rates of 2-3 inches/hour were noted in the northern portion of the county, mainly north of Interstate-16, during this period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orianna | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Orland | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gillis Springs | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Soperton | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Zaidee | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lothair | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Barnhill | 11.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331180. 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.





