Blythe, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hephzibah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30805. The Survey maps it on the Blythe quadrangle. 744 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
On record in Blythe
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 1 record
Bath Presbyterian Church and Cemeterylisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresBlythe grew from 721 to 744 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 721 | |
| 2020 | 744 | +23 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1922 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Blythe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 50 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 | 156 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BURKE-014 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-RICHMOND-008 |
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blythe: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| James Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albion Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit B | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Pit | Kaolin | Producer | 1900 |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blythe in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blythe | 2 hurt, $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blythe | $500 | Public reported large limbs down in the Blythe area along with dime size hail. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blythe | - | SKYWARN spotters reported trees down on hwy 88 and the 4900 block of Stoney Mill road. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blythe | - | Fire dept reported trees down on Deans Bridge road in the Blythe area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blythe | - | Georgia Power reports trees and powerlines down on highway 1 just north of Blythe. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edie (historical) | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bath | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ellwood | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hephzibah | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Melton | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sand Ridge | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Fairington | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Olive Terrace | 8.3 miles | 20 |
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 Blythe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q739423 | 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 354797. 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.










