BlockBushnell, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ambrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31533. The Survey maps it on the Broxton South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Broxton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
299 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Bushnell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,248 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 36 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 | 180 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-COFFEE-018 |
| 26 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-COFFEE-011 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushnell in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $8,000 | A tin roof was partially torn off of a home located along State Road 32 near the railroad crossing between Ambrose and Douglas. The time of damage was estimated and based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | $500 | A tree was blown down on Sinkhole Road, and the time of damage was estimated from radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data inclusion. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | Tri-County 911 reported a tree was blown down near Highway 32 between Ambrose and Bushnell. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | Thunderstorm wind damage was reported by EM. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | Numerous power lines and tree were blown down near Bowens Mill Road and Highway 268. A potential funnel cloud was reported, but not confirmed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | A tree was reported down along Donnie Harper | Road as reported by 911 call center. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Bushnell | - | An EF0 tornado with max winds near 80 mph touched down about 5 miles SE of Ambrose and traveled about 1.5 miles before lifting near Highway 32. Mobile homes were severely damaged and an eighteen wheeler was overturned near Bushnell. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | Trees blown down at the intersection of Ambrose and Leahs Roads. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushnell | - | A tree was blown down near Birdsong Road and South of Highway 32. The time of the event was based on radar. |
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 Bushnell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20581233 | 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 326203. 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.