BlockEllerbeetown, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunset Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunset Village quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
317 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Ellerbeetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,089 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 44 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 | 199 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-UPSON-012 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON003 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON014 |
| 30 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | 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 Ellerbeetown: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D C Eller Bee Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellerbeetown in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Ellerbeetown | $200,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that the EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 115 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards which began in Talbot County just east of Highway 36 near the Flint River and moved north-northeast into Upson County near the Riverbend Restaurant along Riverbend Road snapping trees and power lines. The tornado continued north-northeast along Highway 36 crossing Roland Road continuing to down trees and power lines. As the path of the tornado reached the Sunnyside Road and Holman Road area several homes sustained severe roof damage. A second tornado crossed the path of this tornado in this vicinity just minutes later. The path continued north-northeast along Sunnyside Road causing damage to the roofs of several homes before crossing Crest Highway and Pickard Road and downing numerous additional trees before ending in the vicinity of Old Alabama Road. [1/21/17: Tornado #6, County #2/2, EF1, Talbot-Upson, 2017:007]. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Ellerbeetown | $75,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 200 yards began in western Upson County near Roland Road south of Highway 36. In this area numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, power lines were downed and a home sustained significant roof damage. The tornado moved northeast Crossing Reid Place Road and snapping or uprooting more trees. Just before crossing Highway 36 near the intersection with Goshen Road the tornado blew the porch off of a house and continued to down trees and power lines as it moved into the western side of Thomaston. More trees and power lines were downed across western parts of Thomaston along Peachbelt Road and in the Highway 74 and West Main Street areas where the tornado ended. [01/21/17: Tornado #7, County #1/1, EF1, Upson, 2017:008]. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Ellerbeetown | $40,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that the EF1 tornado that began in Talbot County moved into Upson County with maximum winds of 105 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards. The tornado crossed the Flint River into Upson County in the Sprewell Bluff State Park where it snapped and uprooted trees and overturned a small outbuilding. At this point the tornado, which had been moving northeast, turned more easterly crossing Double Bridges Road, where at least 3 dozen trees were downed across the roadway, before crossing Roland Road north of Highway 36 downing more trees and damaging the roof a home. Further east the tornado crossed Hollman Drive and Sunnyside Road where it crossed the path of another tornado that had passed just minutes before. The tornado ended near Highway 36 just northeast of Roland. This tornado followed a path nearly 10 miles long across Talbot and Upson Counties. [01/21/17: Tornado #4, County #2/2, EF1, Talbot-Upson, 2017:005]. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbeetown | $10,000 | The Upson County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across central portions of the county from the Roland area to southeast of Thomaston. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbeetown | $3,000 | The Upson County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on West Jefferson Street and Shadow Wood Lane off of Highway 36W. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbeetown | $2,000 | Report of 2 trees down on Roland Rd in the 2800 block. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbeetown | - | A tree was downed onto GA-36 near West Jefferson Street, blocking both lanes. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Ellerbeetown | - | The Upson County Emergency Management Director relayed reports of funnel clouds southeast of Roland in western Upson county. Eye witness reports indicate that the funnel cloud was over the Quad Graphics plant near Georgia Highway 36 and the county airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Forks | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Barker Spring | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Crest | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Glencliff | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hendricks | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pickard | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sunset Village | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Roland | 4.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549128 | 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 326263. 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.