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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.

Blythe within Richmond County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Blythe 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.

YearPeople Change
2010721
2020744+23 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

281 since 1992

Regional 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism50
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BURKE-014
28 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-RICHMOND-008
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
James PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
James Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albion Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit BKaolinProducer
Albion PitKaolinProducer1900

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1997Thunderstorm WindBlythe2 hurt, $15,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBlythe$500Public reported large limbs down in the Blythe area along with dime size hail.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindBlythe-SKYWARN spotters reported trees down on hwy 88 and the 4900 block of Stoney Mill road.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBlythe-Fire dept reported trees down on Deans Bridge road in the Blythe area.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBlythe-Georgia Power reports trees and powerlines down on highway 1 just north of Blythe.

Every storm recorded in Richmond County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Edie (historical)2.8 miles20
Bath3.4 miles20
Ellwood3.9 miles20
Hephzibah5.7 miles19
Melton7.4 miles19
Sand Ridge8.2 miles20
Fairington8.3 miles20
Olive Terrace8.3 miles20

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 BlytheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q739423The 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.