Boneville, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dearing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30808. It stands on Pegaham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Thomson East quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
On record in Boneville
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
- Boneville Historic Districtlisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Thomson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Dearing quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 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
499 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 499 fires within 5 miles of Boneville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 856 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 47 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 | 284 |
| Smoking | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MCDUFFIE-003 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boneville: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. James Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Georgia Kaolin Pit | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| May's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Poss Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boneville in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Boneville | $72,000 | Dispatch reported trees down, some on vehicles, on Moose Club road. NWS damage survey also found and minor damage to several homes. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Boneville | $20,000 | Sheriff reported flooding at apartment complex with up to a foot of water in several apartments. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $8,000 | McDuffie County paper reported a couple of trees down and a mobile home moved off the foundation by several feet on May road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $6,000 | Jefferson Electric reported trees and large limbs down on powerlines in the vicinity of Happy Valley and Fort Creek roads. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $3,000 | Sheriff reported trees down along Quail Farm Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $3,000 | Public reported trees down on Hwy 78 southeast of Thomson. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $2,000 | Sheriff reported a tree blocking Wire road. A few others were down along the side of the road. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | $1,000 | Paper reported a mobile home was moved 2 feet off its foundation. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Boneville | $100 | Trained spotter report, via social media, of pea size hail on Quail Farm Rd. Time estimated. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | - | Trained spotter relayed pictures via Facebook of downed trees off Quail Farm Rd near Brier Creek. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | - | McDuffie County dispatch reported a tree down at 4260 Happy Valley Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | - | Trees and power lines down west of Dearing near Hobbs Mill Rd and also near Wire Rd and Augusta Hwy. Other trees were reported down across the western half of McDuffie Co. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | - | Trees down along Howard Rd and White Oak Rd. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Boneville | - | Public reported nickel size hail just south of the town of Thomson. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boneville | - | Sheriff dispatch reported a tree blocking Wire Rd. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Boneville | - | EPD reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearing | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Megahee | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Thomson | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Happy Valley | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Adamsville | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Autney | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ansley Mill | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Stones Crossroads | 6.2 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 Boneville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058885 | 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 354810. 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.









