Ellaville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellaville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31806. The Survey maps it on the Ellaville South quadrangle. 1,595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
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On record in Ellaville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Schley County Courthouselisted 1980- Woodall-Patton House and Post Officelisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresEllaville fell from 1,812 to 1,595 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,812 | |
| 2020 | 1,595 | -217 (-12%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ellaville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Ellaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 20 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 | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCHLEY-004 |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCHLEY-003 |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCHLEY002 |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ellaville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Property | Aluminum | Prospect |
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellaville in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Ellaville | $250,000 | A state of emergency was declared in Schley county where 103 people were displaced due to the storm. In Ellaville, 5 mobile homes were destroyed, 17 homes and 11 other mobile homes sustained minor to moderate damage, and 19 vehicles were damaged or destroyed. The EMA director reported 500 trees were downed and power outages occurred throughout the town. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $50,000 | The Schley county newspaper reported that a number of trees were split off or broken off. Some of these trees landed on and caused damage to the Supervised Probation Inc. office. Sixty-percent of the roof caved in. Consequently, the building also suffered some water damage. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $12,000 | Approximately a dozen trees down across roadways within Ellaville City Limits. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $11,000 | EM reported 11 trees were downed around SE Schley county. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $10,000 | The Schley County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down in the area around Ellaville. A portion of a tree fell on a house in Ellaville and caused damage to the structure. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $10,000 | The Schley county sheriff reported that about 15 trees were down, some blocking roads. One tree was down on a home as well. This information was also confirmed by the Americus Times-Recorder. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $10,000 | A newspaper reported trees were toppled and a porch was torn off a mobile home in the northern part of Schley county. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $5,000 | The Schley County Emergency Manager reported 4 trees blown down onto power lines in Ellaville. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $3,000 | The Schley County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down in Ellaville from Deerfield Circle to North Thompson Street. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $3,000 | The Schley County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down across Georgia Highway 26 northeast of Ellaville and also south of Ellaville on U.S. Highway 19. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous trees down along highway 19 causing power outages. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $1,000 | Powerlines down at intersection of East Oglethorpe Street and Hayes Avenue. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $500 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $300 | Thunderstorm winds knocked two trees down on Concord Road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Ellaville | - | Up to quarter-sized hail observed near the intersection of Broad Street and Hwy 26. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ellaville | - | Quarter-size hail at GA-26 and N Broad St . |
| April 2023 | Hail | Ellaville | - | Received multiple reports of 1 inch hail in city limits of Ellaville GA. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ellaville | - | A report of hail the size of quarters falling on the west side of Ellaville was received over social media. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Ellaville | - | The public observed a funnel cloud near Ellaville. Doppler radar data clearly indicated a strong mesoscale circulation passing just south of Ellaville at the time. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail around Ellaville. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Schley County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Schley County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail in the southwest part of Schley county and penny-sized hail in Ellaville. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Schley County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Schley County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Ellaville Police Department reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ellaville | - | The Schley county Sheriff reported quarter-sized hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ellaville | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Ellaville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walls Crossing | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| La Crosse | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Murrays Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bumphead | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Concord | 6.7 miles | 8 |
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 Ellaville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2404846 | 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 355674. 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.




