Buena Vista, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Abbottsford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30240. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillcrest quadrangle.

Buena Vista within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hillcrest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2019, burning about 843 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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	73
Arson/incendiarism	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	4
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
5 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1993	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-HEARD-003
2 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-TROUP-002
9 July 1996	Debris and open burning	6.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Buena Vista	$250,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that yet an eighth tornado had touched down within the Peachtree City, Georgia county warning area, this time in northern Troup county. An EF0 tornado touched down approximately three miles west of Hillcrest in northern Troup county and then tracked 17 miles on a northeastward track across extreme southeast Heard and into southwest Coweta counties before lifting. The tornado strengthened to an EF2 rating through much of Heard and again toward the end of the path in Coweta county. Within Troup county, the path length was about 6.5 miles. The maximum path width was 100 yards with maximum winds estimated to be 90 mph. The tornado tracked mostly through a Georiga Department of Natural Resources Wildlife area, and as such damage within northern Troup county from this tornado was confined mainly to thousands of downed trees, as well as some power lines. No significant damage to structures and no fatalities or injuries were reported from this tornado within Troup county.\|\|[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #8, County #1-3, EF1, Troup-Heard-Coweta, 2011:017].
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$4,000	Emergency manager reported two trees with powerlines down along Lovic Davis Rd; one near the intersection with Indian Bend Dr and the other near the intersection with Garrett Rd.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$2,000	The public reported several small trees snapped at a residence off of New Franklin Road. Winds speeds were estimated at 45 to 55 MPH.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	Tree downed across roadway on 4000 block of mooty bridge rd.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	Report of a tree down at mooty bridge rd and lovic davis rd.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	Em reports several trees down along mooty bridge rd between riverbend dr and thornton rd.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Georgia Department of Transportation reported a tree blown down at Mooty Bridge Road and Poole Road.
November 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Troup County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Lovic Davis Road.

Every storm recorded in Troup 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
Indian Bend	1.2 miles	12
The Crossings	1.3 miles	12
Beaver Cove	1.5 miles	12
The Crossroads	2.1 miles	12
Riverwood	2.1 miles	12
Wares Crossroads	2.6 miles	12
Sturbridge	2.8 miles	12
Hillcrest	2.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673044. 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.