BlockCrestview, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Milford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39813. The Survey maps it on the Bethany quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bethany quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Crestview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,469 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY010 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BAKER-004 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY005 |
| 17 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestview in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Crestview | $20,000 | Trees were uprooted and twisted. Power lines were knocked down. Minor structural damage occurred. Reported by the Baker County EMA. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestview | $5,000 | The Baker county 911 call center reported several trees down across the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Crestview | - | Flooding was reported on Hamill Road about 1 mile south of Patmos Milford Highway. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestview | - | Trees were blown down at Crestview. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Patmos | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Iveys Mill | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dewsville (historical) | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Milford | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Spur | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mimsville | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Elmodel | 7.8 miles | 9 |
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 Crestview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184634 | 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 326238. 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.