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Buena Vista, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31803. The Survey maps it on the Buena Vista quadrangle. 1,585 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

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Buena Vista within Marion County

On record in Buena Vista

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 5 records

Population over time

3 figures

Buena Vista fell from 1,664 to 1,585 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,664
20102,173+509 (+31%)
20201,585-588 (-27%)

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.

Photographs

8 of 15 photographs shown, 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia; Schoolteacher event at Library of Congress Science and Technology Division
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia; Schoolteacher event at Library of Congress Science and Technology Division
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Marion County

Fires near this place

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 21 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use29
Smoking24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural21
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony3

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
30 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MARION-008
24 September 2008Smoking3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-MARION-003
23 September 1998Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-MARION-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 21 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2005LightningBuena Vista$100,000The Tri-County Journal reported that lightning struck a propane line leading into a home on McAllister Drive west of Buena Vista. The lightning ignited the line and set the home on fire. The flames were reported to have been up to 50 feet in the air. The home was completely destroyed.
July 2003Flash FloodBuena Vista$10,000The Marion county 911 center reported that several roads were washed out from flash flooding.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$7,000The public reported that a few trees had fallen down in the city, one of which had fallen on a mobile home and another near the courthouse. The Buena Vista Police Department reported that one tree was down just outside the city limits on Georgia Highway 137 West.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$6,000The Marion County Emergency Manager reported tress and power lines blown down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road northeast of Buena Vista.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$5,000Report of a tree down on a shed along 1st Ave in downtown Buena Vista.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$5,000The Marion County Sheriff reported that at least nine trees were down from north of Brantley to just west of Buena Vista. A stretch of Georgia Highway 41 between Brantley and Oakland was temporarily blocked from downed trees as well as a number of large downed limbs. At least one tree was also down on a county road three miles north of Buena Vista and Georgia Highway 137 west of Buena Vista. Both of these roads were also blocked temporarily.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$4,000no account filed
November 1997Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$2,000Marion county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines causing power outages.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,500The public reported two trees down, one on County Road 97 and the other on County Road 163.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000Tree down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road between Harold Harris Road and Barwick road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000Tree and powerline down in Buena Vista near intersection of 3rd Ave and Baker St.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Marion County 911 center reported a tree down on East 4th Avenue in Buena Vista.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Marion County 911 Center reported that three trees down on Georgia Highway 26 west of Buena Vista and one tree was down on Georgia Highway 137, also west of Buena Vista. Both roads were blocked from the downed trees. The public observed pea-sized hail near Berginville, west-southwest of Buena Vista.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that straight-line winds and not a tornado blew down several trees and caused damage to a barn or shed on Mill Pond Road (County Road 102) just off Georgia Highway 41 five miles south of Buena Vista.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Marion County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down along Georgia Highway 26 near Buena Vista.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Marion county 911 center reported that several trees were down on Georgia Highway 26.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Buena Vista Police Department reported that some trees were down in the city.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000The Marion county sheriff's office and the 911 office reported several trees and power lines down. There was also a report of 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000Marion county 911 reported trees were knocked down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$500Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs onto power lines which caused scattered power outages across Marion County.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$150Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees onto power lines.
April 2009HailBuena Vista-The public observed penny to quarter-sized hail south of Buena Vista in the Draneville community.
April 2007HailBuena Vista-The Marion County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the Buena Vista area.
July 2003HailBuena Vista-The public reported quarter-sized hail.
April 2003HailBuena Vista-The Marion county 911 center reported nickel-sized hail.
June 2002HailBuena Vista-The Buena Vista Post Office reported dime size hail.
April 1998HailBuena Vista-Marion county 911 reported quarter size hail covering the road.
November 1997HailBuena Vista-A police dispatcher reported dime size hail at her home.
August 1999HailBuena Vista-no account filed
March 1993Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista-no account filed

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elmview2.5 miles11
Brantley4.3 miles11
Berginville4.5 miles11
Doyle4.6 miles8
Zellobee5.7 miles11
Tazewell5.9 miles8
Union6.3 miles13
Putnam6.7 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 Buena VistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2612151The 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 354903. 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.