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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.

Branchville within Mitchell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

177 since 1992

Regional 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 burning115
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MITCHELL-011
6 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MITCHELL-012
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MITCHELL-019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mitchell County

Storms near this place

15 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBranchville$5,000Some 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 2012Thunderstorm WindBranchville$4,000Multiple trees were blown down in the area. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBranchville$1,000Multiple trees were blown down on Branchville Road.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBranchville$500A tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 65 and Branchville Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A pecan tree was blown down at the intersection of Branchville and Strawberry Roads.
April 2024Flash FloodBranchville-Turnip Road was flooded and closed at Highway 112.
April 2024Flash FloodBranchville-Sassafras Tea Road was flooded and closed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBranchville-Numerous trees were blown down across Mitchell county.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBranchville-Scattered trees were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A tree was blown down across Highway 112.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A tree was blown down on Highway 112 between Cairo and Camilla.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A tree was blown down along Highway 262.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A tree was blown down onto Highway 65.
May 2012HailBranchville-Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell for 15 to 20 minutes.
May 2012HailBranchville-Golf ball size hail fell a couple of miles southeast of Branchville.

Every storm recorded in Mitchell 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
Greenwood3.5 miles8
Hopeful4.3 miles9
Camilla7.9 miles9
Petty (historical)8.1 miles9
Pelham8.8 miles9
Rogerville10.8 miles8
Adelaide11.9 miles10
Saco (historical)12.5 miles8

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 BranchvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4845615The 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.