BlockBradley, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30656. It stands on Little Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winder South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Winder South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 348 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-003 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BARROW-002 |
| 19 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WALTON-001 |
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 Bradley: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H B Marble Prospect | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $4,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported trees blown down across the extreme northern part of the county from around the intersection of Highway 78 and Cheek Road to around the intersection of Highway 11 and Emmett Doster Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $1,000 | Tree down along Locklin Road near the intersection with Pope Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $1,000 | Tree downed at Bunk Tillman Road and Old Athens Highway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $1,000 | Tree down at hwy 78 and Bradley Gin Rd . |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $1,000 | One tree down along Jack Creek Road and MT Ena Church Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Two trees down near intersection of Michael Rd NW and Ike Stone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gratis | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Caruthers Mill | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Vernon | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Campton | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Snows Mill | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Walker Park | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nicholasville | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Good Hope | 6.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342651. 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.