BlockPlainview, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Carnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30521. It stands on Ragsdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
On record in Plainview
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
McConnell Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 0.2 miles away- Bellamy Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-011 |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN005 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-008 |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-FRANKLIN-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainview in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $100,000 | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Franklin County. The hardest hit area was the Gumlog community, where some structural damage occurred, mainly due to trees and large limbs falling on structures. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Plainview | $15,000 | Law enforcement officials reported flash flooding developed across Franklin County after 4 to 7 inches of rain fell across the county, mostly in a bout a six-hour period. Around a dozen roads were closed due to inundation from poor drainage as well as from small streams overflowing their banks. Four roads were also washed out. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $10,000 | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Franklin County. One tree was down on a house on Highway 17 near Lavonia. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Plainview | - | Public reported nickel size hail on Boxer Ln. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill (historical) | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Unity | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ashland | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Prospect | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Vandiver | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Carnesville | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Red Hill | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Parhams | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332703. 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.