Elmview, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31803. The Survey maps it on the Buena Vista quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Elmview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 672 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 45 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 | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MARION-008 |
| 24 September 2008 | Smoking | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MARION-003 |
| 22 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-MARION-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmview in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmview | $3,000 | The Middle Flint Regional 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 26 just went of Buena Vista. Another tree was down across Pineville Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmview | $2,000 | Tree down on a powerline at the intersection of murray farm road and flem smith road. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmview | $1,000 | Tree downed along HWY 26 near the intersection of Firetower road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmview | - | Emergency manager reported a tree fell onto a power line on Murray Farm Rd and caused a fire in a wooded area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berginville | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Buena Vista | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Zellobee | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Brantley | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Alta | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pineville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Doyle | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331657. 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.







