BlockPine Valley, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adel-Sparks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31620. The Survey maps it on the Cecil quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Cecil quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
506 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Pine Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,501 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 33 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 | 353 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 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 Pine Valley: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adel Milling Co/ Adel, Ga. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Valley in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Valley | 1 hurt, $20,000 | A trailer was overturned with one injury. Multiple trees and power lines were also blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Pine Valley | $100,000 | This long-track tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm that spawned a tornado in upstream Pelham, GA. The tornado touched down south of Moultrie, GA just west of U.S. 319 and produced damage consistent with EF-1 winds through most of its|long track. Most of the damage was in the form of snapped or uprooted trees. As the tornado crossed GA route 133, it caused significant damage to a warehouse at the Farmer's Gin and Peanut Company. The tornado reached its maximum intensity of 110 mph, which is just shy of EF-2, at the east end of Pike Creek Turf Circle. Here it snapped many large pine trees at their base. The tornado caused some minor roof damage to a home on McConnell Bridge Road before flipping a small plane upside down at the Cook County Airport. The tornado crossed I-75 at the Adel, GA exit damaging several billboards and tall signs. In downtown Adel, the tornado ripped off large sections of two warehouses on 3rd Street belonging to the Adel Ice Company. Many trees were toppled onto homes in the vicinity of East 9th and 10th Streets. Winds were|estimated to be 95-100 mph in Adel. The tornado continued eastward snapping a few trees on GA Highway 37 East and in the Indian Creek Road subdivision. The tornado then snapped trees on Register Road and significantly damaged a large shed before|lifting.It should be noted that a large swath of straight-line wind damage occurred to the south of the tornado track along much of its length from the Langdale Parkway in Colquitt County through Cecil, GA and eastward into northwestern Lanier County. These winds were estimated to be 90-95 mph in Cecil. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Pine Valley | $5,000 | Damage occurred to Springhead Baptist Church due to lightning. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Valley | - | Two trees were blown down on Antioch Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Valley | - | A tree was blown down on McConnell Bridge Road. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Pine Valley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greggs | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jerusalem (historical) | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Heartpine (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Adel | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cecil | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sparks | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Berrien (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nola (historical) | 6.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332680. 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.