Louvale, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Omaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31814. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louvale quadrangle.
On record in Louvale
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 1 record
- Louvale Church Row Historic Districtlisted 1986
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.
- 1950 USGS Louvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Louvale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:62500
- 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
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Louvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-STEWART-002 |
| 9 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-STEWART-005 |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-STEWART-006 |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louvale in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louvale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Louvale | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louvale | $1,000 | Tree down on a house on old louvale road . |
| January 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louvale | $500 | The Stewart county 911 center reported two trees down near Louvale. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Louvale | - | Nickel size hail fell in Louvale. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Louvale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Louvale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louvale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louvale Station | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Charles | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Green Hill (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brooklyn | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Orletta (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Upper Bradley Place | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blufftown (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356369. 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.







