Brantley, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31803. The Survey maps it on the Buena Vista quadrangle.

Brantley within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Brantley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,184 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 39 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	132
Arson/incendiarism	39
Natural	25
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Smoking	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	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
30 September 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-MARION-008
23 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-MARION-003
23 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	5.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-MARION-004
23 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-MARION-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brantley in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
February 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Brantley	$75,000	An aerial and ground survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that the EF0 tornado that originated in Stewart county and then tracked through Chattahoochee county, continued into Marion county. The tornado entered Marion county about three miles northwest of Union, where Georgia Highway 137 touches the Chattahoochee county line. The tornado then continued on an east-northeastward track across the county exiting into Taylor county across Georgia Highway 127/240C, about one mile south of Mauk. The tornado passed about fives miles north of the county seat, Buena Vista, crossing Georgia Highway 41 at that point. The tornado had a estimated tornado path length was approximately 18 miles with a maximum path width of 100 yards. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along the spotty damage path of the tornado, including several large trees which were uprooted at the Johnson Cemetery. The most significant damage occurred to a manufactured home, which was heavily damaged, in the northeast part of the county near Five Points on Johnson Cemetery Road, just off Georgia Highway 240, or about two miles south of Mauk. The home was destroyed and a large barn behind the home suffered significant damage as well. The adjacent mobile home also sustained some damage. No injuries were reported within the county.
December 2005	Hail	Brantley	$5,000	The Marion County Emergency Management Director, the public, and the county police reported an extensive period of hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters across the north part of the county from Brantley, to Five Points, to Tazewell. The hail covered the ground at some locations and vehicle windshields were cracked. Hail fell for as long as 20 minutes at some locations.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Georgia Highways 41 and 352.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$2,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on Georgia Highways 41, 137, and 352 north of Buena Vista.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	Report of tree down on Brantley Rd and hwy 352.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	Tree down on hwy 41 near Brantley Rd.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that a few trees were down on the north side of Buena Vista near the power station and on Dr. Deryl Hart Road.
March 2006	Hail	Brantley	-	The Marion County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Union	3.9 miles	13
Elmview	4.1 miles	11
Buena Vista	4.3 miles	11
Blueville	4.8 miles	8
Zellobee	6.0 miles	11
Berginville	6.1 miles	11
Oakland	6.1 miles	11
Glen Alta	6.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354837. 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.