Branchville, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Branchville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31730. The Survey maps it on the Branchville quadrangle. 1,090 people lived here at the 2007 count. It stands 140 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Branchville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Branchville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 726 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MITCHELL-011 |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MITCHELL-012 |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MITCHELL-019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Branchville in 15 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | $5,000 | Some power lines were blown down with a couple of broken power poles as well. Over 700 customers were without power as reported by Mitchell EMC. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | $4,000 | Multiple trees were blown down in the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | $1,000 | Multiple trees were blown down on Branchville Road. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | $500 | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 65 and Branchville Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | A pecan tree was blown down at the intersection of Branchville and Strawberry Roads. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Branchville | - | Turnip Road was flooded and closed at Highway 112. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Branchville | - | Sassafras Tea Road was flooded and closed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | Numerous trees were blown down across Mitchell county. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | Scattered trees were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 112. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 112 between Cairo and Camilla. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 262. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchville | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 65. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Branchville | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell for 15 to 20 minutes. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Branchville | - | Golf ball size hail fell a couple of miles southeast of Branchville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hopeful | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Camilla | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Petty (historical) | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pelham | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rogerville | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Adelaide | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Saco (historical) | 12.5 miles | 8 |
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 Branchville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4845615 | 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 354834. 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.
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.




