Blandy, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Milledgeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31061. It stands on Little Fishing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Browns Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Browns Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Blandy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 597 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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 | 158 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN007 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN005 |
| 23 September 1993 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN009 |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-003 |
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 Blandy: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midgeville Plant No. 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blandy in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Blandy | - | In collaboration with Baldwin County Emergency management and a|diagnosis of the radar data at the time, it was determined that a|EF0 tornado developed within the line of storms just west of|Milledgeville at approximately 725AM. The tornado downed a few|trees on State dairy Road including 1 onto a vehicle. The tornado continued east crossing Blandy road downing several trees as it traveled between Blandy Hills Elementary School and the athletic fields to the south in a largely wooded region. The|tornado crossed 441 and struck a City public works building on Charlton St damaging a canopy. The tornado continued east into Milledgeville proper downing trees on North Pickens St, North Clark St, and knocking a tree onto a house along Baldwin Ave. |The tornado quickly dissipated as it travelled past Baldwin Ave. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandy | - | Report of a tree down on Hwy 49 near Fox Hill Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allenwood | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Browns Crossing | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Carling (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Milledgeville | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hardwick | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Scottsboro | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Meriwether | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566444 | 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 331187. 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.






