Veal, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tennille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31089. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oconee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Oconee quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Veal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,575 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 62 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 | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WASHINGTON014 |
| 18 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILKINSON-010 |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JOHNSON003 |
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JOHNSON002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veal in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veal | $6,000 | The Washington County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around the intersection of Highways 57 and 68. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veal | - | Report of trees and powerlines down near the intersection of Hwy 68 and Hwy 272. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconee | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Gardner | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hazard | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Irwins Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ennis | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Peacocks Crossing | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Harrison | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Tennille | 12.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348422. 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.





