BlockVeal, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bowdon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30108. The Survey maps it on the Roopville quadrangle.
On record in Veal
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Veal Schoollisted 2005 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Roopville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Veal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,217 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CARROLL-013 |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-005 |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HEARD-002 |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CARROLL-003 |
| 20 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veal in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Veal | - | A line of storms moved into Western GA during the afternoon of|May 27, 2025. An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph developed|along the leading edge of the line along Roopville-Veal Road west|of the community of Roopville. The tornado uprooted a few trees|along Roopville-Veal Road near Whitehead Rd. As the tornado|continued east it reached maximum intensity before reaching|Stoney Point Road where several large trees were snapped, a barn|had its roof torn off with metal thrown 100 yards away, and a|small shed had its roof torn off. The tornado continued east in|mostly wooded regions snapping trees while crossing Stoney Point|road and finally reaching Potts circle where several trees were|snapped and uprooted near a chicken farm. The tornado lifted|once it passed the chicken farm before reaching Gum Creek Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Point | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tyus | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Joel | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bucktown | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mabry (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Victory | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roopville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326571. 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.