Capel, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cairo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39827. The Survey maps it on the Cairo North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cairo North quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Capel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 | 249 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capel in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Capel | 1 hurt, $150,000 | The same supercell thunderstorm which spawned the brief EF0 tornado in southeast Decatur County produced an EF1 tornado just west of State Highway 93 on Courtney Lane. Mobile homes along Courtney Lane suffered minor roof damage and skirting was torn from their bases. Also, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado traveled northeast and uprooted several trees near two homes on Shorty Lane. A mobile home lost portions of its roof. A single family home lost a few shingles off its roof. Two homes east of Shorty Lane on Wilcox Road were damaged. The tornado then moved along Pine Forest Road east of State Highway 111. About a mile up Pine Forest Road, a mobile home was destroyed with the free standing carport tossed 200 yards into the nearby forest. The occupant of the mobile home was injured when it rolled over. The roof and exterior walls were destroyed. The frame remained attached to the undercarriage of the mobile home. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Capel | $25,000 | Four inches of rain in less than two hours caused damage to a few roads from Pine Level Road north to Gilliard Road. There were two roads where the pipes were washed out. A small portion of Baggett Mill Road suffered a wash out at a bridge, and where debris accumulated around a drain pipe under the road had collapsed away. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capel | $250 | There were several trees down on county roads northeast of Cairo near Highway 93. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Capel | - | Water was reported over the roadway near Capel Road and Ridge Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Akridge | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Elpino | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Woodland | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Spence | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Long Branch | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Union Hill | 6.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331321. 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.






