Bullard, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31020. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle.

Bullard within Twiggs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1956 USGS Jeffersonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Bullard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 33 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	163
Arson/incendiarism	33
Equipment and vehicle use	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Smoking	17
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-TWIGGS-003
9 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-TWIGGS-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twiggs County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bullard: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Andersonville	Aluminum	Unknown	Residual
Bauxite Sw Georgia	Aluminum	Occurrence	Kaolinite
Huber Mine 30	Kaolin	Past Producer
Huber Mine 36	Kaolin	Producer

Every working recorded in Twiggs County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullard in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 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
December 2005	Hail	Bullard	$50,000	The public and the 911 center reported that a large swath of hail tracked across the county from near Bullard in the west to near Jeffersonville in the east. The public reported half-dollar to golf ball-sized hail in Jeffersonville and the Twiggs County 911 Center reported ping pong to golf ball-sized hail between Bullard and Dry Branch.
April 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Bullard	$10,000	A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-0 tornado with 65 MPH winds touched down along Bullard Road and travelled around .6 miles northeast along the road snapping a few trees in a path about 60 yards wide before lifting. [04/01/16: Tornado #3, County #1-1, EF0, Twiggs, 2016:003].
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$8,000	The Twiggs County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down from around Marion to Jeffersonville.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$7,000	The Twiggs county Emergency Management Director reported that about 30 pine trees were either twisted or broken off and some power lines were down between Bullard and Danville off Interstate 16 near U.S. Highway 129. He estimated that the damage covered a 0.5 to 1.5 mile wide area and stretched along a three mile wide path. He further reported that while most of the trees were lying in a northwesterly direction, some of the trees were lying in a southerly direction.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$6,000	The Twiggs County 911 Center reported several trees down across the county, mainly from around Bullard to Marion.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$6,000	WMAZ Television of Macon reported that two trees were blown down on Marion-Ripley Road at Bullard Road in the community of Marion. One of the trees fell on and caused damage to a vehicle.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$3,000	The Twiggs county 911 center reported 10 to 15 trees down.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$2,000	A couple trees down near Bullard Rd near I-16.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$2,000	Two trees down near Bullord Rd and Marion-Ripley Rd.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$2,000	The Twiggs County 911 Center reported that at least seven trees were down across the northern portion of the county.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$1,000	Tree down on Bullard Rd near Flat Creek Bridge.
June 2004	Lightning	Bullard	$1,000	An amateur radio operator reported that a nearby lightning strike rendered a 35 inch television set inoperable.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	$500	no account filed
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Bullard	-	Trees and powerlines reported down on Bullard Rd at I-16.
May 2019	Hail	Bullard	-	Public reported dime to quarter sized hail along I-16 west of Jeffersonville.
March 2003	Hail	Bullard	-	The Twiggs county 911 center reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Twiggs 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
Mount Calvary	1.6 miles	10
Marion	3.9 miles	11
Huber	6.0 miles	11
District Path	6.4 miles	10
Mount Olive	6.7 miles	10
Tarversville	6.9 miles	10
Reids	7.1 miles	11
Ripley	7.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354908. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.