BlockVelpoe, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Danielsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30633. It stands on Fortson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Danielsville North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Danielsville North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Velpoe between 1992 and 2019, burning about 249 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Velpoe in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velpoe | $6,000 | The Madison County 911 Center reported at least 5 trees blown down in the Danielsville area, including on Friendship Church Road and on U.S. Highway 29. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Velpoe | $5,000 | The Madison County 911 center reported several trees blown down across the Danielsville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Shiloh | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ila | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pocataligo | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dalton | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Danielsville | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Madison Springs | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Phillips | 4.3 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122539788 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 335560. 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.