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Nevils, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nevils-Stilson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31321. The Survey maps it on the Nevils quadrangle.

Nevils within Bulloch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Nevils between 1992 and 2020, burning about 858 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 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 burning130
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4

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
8 September 2008Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BULLOCH006
27 September 1996Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1996Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bulloch County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevils in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNevils$8,000The Bulloch County 911 center relayed a report of trees and power lines down near the intersection of Union Church Road and Nevils Daisy Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNevils$5,000Law Enforcement reported trees and power lines down in the Old Groveland area of Nevils, Georgia.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNevils$5,000Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNevils$2,000The public reported two trees down on Reedy Branch Road.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNevils$1,500Several Trees were reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNevils$500Law enforcement reported a tree down on Nevils Groveland Road in Nevils, Georgia.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNevils$500A tree was reported down on power lines 4 miles west of Nevils, Georgia.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNevils$250The public reported 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs down in Nevils, Georgia.
May 2025HailNevils-Video relayed via social media showed quarter sized hail on Interstate 16 near the Sinkhole Road overpass.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNevils-The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down at the intersection of Harville Road and Jim Waters Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNevils-Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Jim Waters Road and Aden Lanier Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNevils-An emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 46 near Trapnell Road.
July 2012HailNevils-Quarter sized hail reported via Bryan 911 call center.
August 2008HailNevils-Nickel size hail was reported in Nevils, Georgia.
July 2006LightningNevils-Lightning strike caused fire at Lawrence Baptist Church on Jones Road. Estimate of damage unknown.
December 2005Thunderstorm WindNevils-Thunderstorm winds blew a trailer off its foundation on Buie Circle Road. A several hundred pound gas tank was blown over at Trinity Baptist Church on Nevils-Denmark Road. Trees and power lines were also knocked down on Nevils-Daisy Road.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNevils-Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and destroyed 2 barns.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNevils-Several trees and power lines were down.

Every storm recorded in Bulloch 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
Denmark2.4 miles14
Enal (historical)2.7 miles16
Overbrook3.3 miles19
Mitchell Forks3.4 miles18
Statesborough3.7 miles18
Anderson Mill3.8 miles19
Bowen Mill4.0 miles19
Emit5.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332479. 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.