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Ellabell, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31308. The Survey maps it on the Meldrim SW quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Ellabell within Bryan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

375 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 375 fires within 5 miles of Ellabell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,605 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 121 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 burning167
Arson/incendiarism121
Natural25
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BRYAN NORTH001
9 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BRYAN NORTH-003
25 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BRYAN NORTH002
16 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BRYAN NORTH-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellabell in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEllabell$3,000Law enforcement reported 3 trees down near the post office.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindEllabell$3,000Several trees and power lines were reported down.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindEllabell$2,000A Spotter reported several trees down northwest of Ellabell.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEllabell$1,500A Ham Radio Operator reported trees down along Morgans Bridge Road near the Bryan and Chatham county line.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEllabell$1,250The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a power line down at the intersection of Porterfield and Indian Trail Road.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindEllabell$1,000County Warning Point reported a tree down on Black Creek Church Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEllabell$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down on Mill Creek Church Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEllabell$1,000One pine tree was reported down on a power line on Fox Den Court.
June 1995HailEllabell$1,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEllabell$500Bryan County dispatch reported a large tree branch down on Toni Branch Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEllabell$500Trees limbs were reported down on power lines along Highway 204 in Ellabell, Georgia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEllabell$500One oak tree was reported down on Mill Church Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEllabell$500One tree was reported down on Roberts Road.
April 2022HailEllabell-The public reported baseball size hail and damage to vehicles.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindEllabell-A report via social media indicated trees and power lines down along with damage to roofs.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEllabell-A 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Morgan's Bridge Road near the intersection with Georgia Highway 204.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEllabell-The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a tree down in Ellabell.
February 2008HailEllabell-Penny size hail was reported along the intersection of Blackcreek Church Road and Millcreek Church Road.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindEllabell-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindEllabell-Several trees were down.
October 2006HailEllabell-no account filed
May 1998HailEllabell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lanier2.7 miles19
Black Creek3.0 miles16
Blitchton5.7 miles16
Pembroke7.3 miles19
Letford8.5 miles19
Reka10.2 miles18
Southward11.6 miles18
Groveland13.9 miles18

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 EllabellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5364596The 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 331647. 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.