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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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
Alfred and Jane Ables Houselisted 2002
Drane-Stevens Houselisted 1999
Marion County Courthouselisted 1980
Pasaquanlisted 2008
Shiloh-Marion Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 1984
Population over time
3 figuresBuena 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,664 | |
| 2010 | 2,173 | +509 (+31%) |
| 2020 | 1,585 | -588 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 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
Photographs
8 of 15 photographs shown, 1977Taken 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.
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Marion County
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 129 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
| 24 September 2008 | Smoking | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MARION-003 |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-MARION-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Lightning | Buena Vista | $100,000 | The 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Buena Vista | $10,000 | The Marion county 911 center reported that several roads were washed out from flash flooding. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $7,000 | The 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $6,000 | The Marion County Emergency Manager reported tress and power lines blown down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road northeast of Buena Vista. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $5,000 | Report of a tree down on a shed along 1st Ave in downtown Buena Vista. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $5,000 | The 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $4,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $2,000 | Marion county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines causing power outages. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,500 | The public reported two trees down, one on County Road 97 and the other on County Road 163. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | Tree down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road between Harold Harris Road and Barwick road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | Tree and powerline down in Buena Vista near intersection of 3rd Ave and Baker St. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The Marion County 911 center reported a tree down on East 4th Avenue in Buena Vista. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | A 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The Marion County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down along Georgia Highway 26 near Buena Vista. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The Marion county 911 center reported that several trees were down on Georgia Highway 26. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The Buena Vista Police Department reported that some trees were down in the city. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | The 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | Marion county 911 reported trees were knocked down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs onto power lines which caused scattered power outages across Marion County. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $150 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees onto power lines. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | The public observed penny to quarter-sized hail south of Buena Vista in the Draneville community. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | The Marion County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the Buena Vista area. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | The Marion county 911 center reported nickel-sized hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | The Buena Vista Post Office reported dime size hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | Marion county 911 reported quarter size hail covering the road. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | A police dispatcher reported dime size hail at her home. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Buena Vista | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2612151 | 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 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.







