Fannin County, Georgia

80 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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From the record

4 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Fannin County within Georgia

What the record shows

1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Blue Ridge, between 1909 and 1938.
3 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
1,555 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings.
The Geographic Names Information System records 68 populated places in this county; 68 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

17 photographs, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Gravestone in Blue Ridge of a member of the McKinney family, the founding family of the community in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Commercial building in Blue Ridge, a community in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Diesel engine of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, a community in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Plaque in the Blue Ridge, Georgia, graveyard honoring town founder Michael McKinney, a former Confederate Army officer who is the paternal great-great-great grandfather of American photographer Carol M. Highsmith
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

In the mountains of northern Georgia in a settlement called Chestnut Gap, this is the home built for Col. Michael McKinney and his wife, Hepsy Adaline McClure McKinney, founders of the city of Blue Ridge in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Scene at the rustic Bargain Wagon gift shop in Morgantown, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Gravestone in Blue Ridge of Col. Michael McKinney and his wife, Hepsy Adaline McClure McKinney, (identified here as just "A McKinney"), founders of the community in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Sign in the mountains of northern Georgia in a settlement called Chestnut Gap, next to the home built for Col. Michael McKinney and his wife, Hepsy Adaline McClure McKinney, founders of the nearby city of Blue Ridge in far-northwest Georgia, near the Tennnessee line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Fannin County Road 218 Bridge, Spanning Toccoa River, Blue Ridge, Fannin County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111/01010/00186N, Spanning Noontootle Creek on County Road 218, Stock Hill, Fannin County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fannin County Road 222 Bridge, Spanning Toccoa River, Dial, Fannin County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111-00060P-00020N, Georgia State Route 60 spur spanning Hempton Creek, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
James W. Baugh Homeplace	building	1999	99000658
Blue Ridge Depot	building	1982	82002413
Fannin County Courthouse	building	1995	95000716
Mineral Bluff Depot	building	2007	07000089

The county from the air

29 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 383 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 29 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-07, scale 1:34000 — 1947-02-07, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-09, scale 1:34000 — 1947-02-09, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-01-19, scale 1:66000 — 1957-01-19, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-02-21, scale 1:66000 — 1958-02-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-09, scale 1:26000 — 1966-03-09, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-29, scale 1:62000 — 1974-04-29, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-29, scale 1:5639 — 1974-04-29, scale 1:5639. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-21, scale 1:78000 — 1975-04-21, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-06, scale 1:24000 — 1976-04-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-08, scale 1:80000 — 1977-03-08, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

20 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

MINERAL BLUFF 1911 to 1914, hottest 36.7 C, coldest -17.8 C
BLUE RIDGE RESVR DAM 1914 to 1962, hottest 38.3 C, coldest -20.6 C
SWEET GUM 1948 to 1962
DOUBLE SPRINGS GAP 1948 to 1951
DIAL PO 1949 to 1962
NOONTOOTLA CREEK 1949 to 1962
BLUE RIDGE 3 SW 1957 to 1996, hottest 36.7 C, coldest -23.3 C
MINERAL BLUFF #2 2002 to 2009, hottest 37.8 C, coldest -20.6 C
BLUE RIDGE 9.4 WNW 2008 to 2026
BLUE RIDGE 11.9 SSE 2008 to 2023
MCCAYSVILLE 5.7 WSW 2008 to 2020
SUCHES 7NW 2009 to 2024
MORGANTON 5.8 E 2011 to 2020
CHERRY LOG 6.9 NNW 2013 to 2022
MORGANTON 3.1 SSE 2013 to 2026
MORGANTON 0.8 W 2016 to 2026
MORGANTON 1SSE 2017 to 2018
MINERAL BLUFF 3.9 NNW 2021 to 2026
BLUE RIDGE 9.5 SE 2023 to 2026
BLUE RIDGE 6.2 SSE 2025 to 2026

TOCCOA RIVER NEAR BLUE RIDGE, GA 1898 to 1974
TOCCOA RIVER NEAR DIAL, GA 1913 to 2026
FIGHTINGTOWN CREEK AT MCCAYSVILLE, GA 1942 to 1971

The 1950 census, district by district

23 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

55-1Militia District 844, Noontootla
55-2Militia District 913, Morganton town
55-3Militia District 913, Morganton - That part outside Morganton town
55-4Militia District 980, Caldwell
55-5Militia District 1025, Fairplay
55-6Militia District 1027, Skeinah
55-7Militia District 1029, Hot House
55-8Militia District 1047, Sugar Creek
55-9Militia District 1130, Mobile
55-10Militia District 1205, Flint Hill: McCaysville city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Ocoee River; Harpertown Rd.
55-11McCaysville city - That part Bounded by City limits; Harpertown Rd.; City limits; City limits
55-12McCaysville city - That part Bounded by Ocoee River; Ocoee River; City limits; Harpertown Rd.
55-13Militia District 1205, Flint Hill - That part east of State Hwy. 5, outside McCaysville city
55-14Militia District 1205, Flint Hill - That part west of State Hwy. 5, outside McCaysville city
55-15Militia District 1242, Rock Creek
55-16Militia District 1265, Toccoa: Blue Ridge city - That part north and west of U.S. Hwy. 76 and north and east of State Hwy. 5
55-17Blue Ridge city - That part south and west of State Hwy. 5 and west of U.S. Hwy. 76
55-18Blue Ridge city - That part south and east of U.S. Hwy. 76
55-19Militia District 1265, Toccoa - That part outside Blue Ridge city
55-20Militia District 1308, Hemptown
55-21Militia District 1457, Mineral Bluff: Mineral Bluff town
55-22Militia District 1457, Mineral Bluff - That part outside Mineral Bluff town
55-23Militia District 1488, Stock Hill

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,177 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,177 of them, burning about 32,442 acres. 22 started naturally and 206 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	702
Arson/incendiarism	206
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	137
Recreation and ceremony	35
Misuse of fire by a minor	29
Smoking	24
Natural	22
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
16 October 2016	Natural	27,870 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	ROUGH RIDGE
2 January 2000	Arson/incendiarism	885 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	BEACHBOTTOM
31 October 2000	Natural	595 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	PANTHER CREEK
27 June 2012	Natural	400 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MURRAY-019
16 November 2001	Arson/incendiarism	139 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-FANNIN-030
3 March 2000	Natural	124 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	HICKORY CR. TRAIL
22 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	88 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 May 1992	Smoking	62 acres	Cherokee National Forest	not named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1961 to 2025

60 of 191 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 191 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 8 injuries and about $9,881,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	103
Hail	42
Flash Flood	22
Lightning	13
Tornado	9
Heavy Rain	1
Winter Storm	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2004	Lightning	Blue Ridge	3 hurt, $1,000	The News Observer - Blue Ridge reported that three teenagers, who were tubing down a river in the Toccoa Valley Campground area, were injured when lightning struck the water nearby. All three were treated and released from the hospital. In addition, a minor fire was reported in a home struck by lightning in a separate incident. Damage was minor.
April 1974	Tornado (F2)	not stated	2 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
August 2003	Lightning	Blue Ridge	2 hurt	The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that lightning struck two people at the Sugar Creek Raceway during its first night of the racing season. A 45-year old track announcer was injured when lightning struck the track's sound system and came through the microphone. Some papers on the desk were also ignited during this incident. In the stands, a fan was injured when he was struck by lightning. Neither of the injuries were fatal.
January 2013	Tornado (EF1)	Higdon	1 hurt, $160,000	The tornado that touched down in Gilmer County continued into Fannin County, moving northeast through the Sugar Creek area before lifting in the Hothouse Valley area. The tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 MPH snapped or uprooted hundreds of trees. Up to 100 power poles were either snapped or damaged. Thirty structures were damaged mainly due to falling trees. While the maximum path width was about a half mile wide, the majority of the path was 300-400 yards wide.\|[01/30/13: Tornado #2, County #2-2, EF1, Gilmer-Fannin, 2013:002].
April 1974	Tornado (F4)	not stated	$2,500,000	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Blue Ridge	$1,300,000	Numerous reports of large to very large damaging hail were received from the Fannin County 911 Center and the public across Fannin county. As the thunderstorm entered Fannin county from the southwest, it produced golf ball-sized hail near Blue Ridge. The hail grew in size to softballs (4.25 inch diameter) as the storm moved over the Morganton area. Extensive damage was reported to vehicles in the Morganton area and adjacent areas in the eastern part of the county.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Mc Caysville	$300,000	The Fannin County Emergency Management Director reported that persistent thunderstorms with heavy rain resulted in flash flooding in the McCaysville area. The most significant damage occurred to a convenience store on Georgia Highway 5, also known as Blue Ridge Drive. The store was built over a culvert. Flooding caused a rupture in the culvert pipe under the building which forced water up into the store. The water rose one foot deep causing the wooden floor to buckle. Pavement on the outside of the store buckled as well. The store was a complete loss and condemned by local officials. Several ditches in the area were also washed out during the flash flooding. Rainfall of three to four inches fell across the area between 11 am and 2 pm EDT.
January 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Swan	$250,000	A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 100 mph and a maximum path width of 450 yards touched down along Deep Hole \|Campground Road south of the Morganton Highway, Georgia Highway 60, and traveled east-northeast along Morganton Highway, intensifying and downing hundreds of trees along the highway. A 40 foot steel radio tower at a Fannin County Fire Station was blown down and at least four homes suffered damage from fallen trees. The tornado weakened and turned northeast along Cooper Creek Road downing sporadic trees before finally dissipating near the Union County line near the Davis Family Cemetery off of Mulky Gap Road. [01/11/20: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Fannin, 2020:002].
April 2013	Flash Flood	Morganton	$250,000	The Wilscot Creek flooded around six different roads with up to two feet of water and damaged two county bridges and three private bridges. Portions of Old Dial Road were affected the most with a camper being washed away and getting crushed under a bridge. Rapid flowing flood waters caused a propane tank to break away from a house and float downstream. The flooding also surrounded and entered a house which temporarily stranded an elderly couple. A land slide occurred on a portion of Daves Road.
August 2005	Tornado (F0)	Loving	$250,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service and the Fannin County Emergency Management Director confirmed that a high-end F0 tornado had touched down at the intersection of U.S. Highway 76 and Loving Road and traveled almost due north for approximately 1/4 mile paralleling Loving Road. The damage path was determined to be 1/4 mile long and 100 yards wide. The damage began at the Appalachia Baptist Church on U.S. Highway 76. Part of the roof was blown off the church and the church's sign on the highway was destroyed. It was also noted that a trash dumpster was moved several dozen feet in the parking lot and an air conditioning compressor was moved from its concrete base. The tornado continued north into a subdivision along Loving Road. Dozens of large trees were uprooted or blown down at over at least a dozen homes. At least two homes sustained moderate damage when large trees fell on the structures. Several homes sustained minor roof damage when shingles were blown off. A large swath of trees were blown down in a wooded area between the church and the homes on Loving Road.
March 2004	Hail	Blue Ridge	$250,000	The Fannin county 911 center reported that golf ball-sized hail was observed at the June Walker Chevrolet dealership just southwest of Blue Ridge.
December 2015	Flash Flood	Newport	$234,000	The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several secondary roads were flooded from nearby streams. Some area cabins along U.S. Highway 76 were beginning to flood. A debris flow had completely blocked a portion of Mountain Top Road.
May 2011	Hail	Dial	$215,000	The public observed golf ball-sized hail in far southeast Fannin county between Margret, Dial, and Hurst. This was from a separate severe thunderstorm from the one which caused 4.25 inch diameter hail in the north part of the county from Blue Ridge to Morganton approximately one hour earlier.
March 2025	Lightning	Sparks Mill	$200,000	House fire possibly due to lightning on the 400 block of buck creek trl home was a total loss.
April 2006	Hail	Dial	$160,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported that there had been a number of reports of penny-sized hail across the southeast portion of the county, including Dial, just south of Hurst, and Margret.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$150,000	The Georgia Emergency Management Agency and a storm spotter reported significant flooding across the county. Several roads were washed out, one bridge was damaged, and several mudslides were reported. Doublehead Gap Road was damaged when the Noontootla Creek flooded. Flooding also caused damage to some recreational vehicles in the Mineral Springs RV Park.
June 2007	Hail	Margret	$110,000	The public reported golf ball-sized hail in the southeast part of the county between Hurst, Dial, and Margret. The hail, combined with estimated winds up to 55 mph, was large enough to crack windshields and cause damage near Wilscot Mountain on Georgia Highway 60.
May 2006	Hail	Epworth	$98,000	Yet another large hail storm tracked across western and northern Fannin county. The public reported golf ball-sized hail north of Blue Ridge near Epworth, while penny-sized hail was reported further southeast in the Mineral Bluff and Morganton areas.
May 2006	Lightning	Blue Ridge	$75,000	The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that lightning struck a two-story garage and apartment on East Second Street and set it on fire. The upper portion of the building was a complete loss.
September 2000	Lightning	Blue Ridge	$55,000	The Blue Ridge News Observer reported that lightning struck the county's 911 emergency radio repeater tower on Brawley Mountain completely knocking out the normal emergency communications system.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Caysville	$50,000	A National Weather Service storm survey, along with reports from the Fannin County 911 center and the public reported that numerous trees were blown down in a swath running from northwest to southeast across the county from the Tennessee border near McCaysville southeast across Blue Ridge to near Epworth, especially along or near Georgia Highway 5. The majority of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Blue Ridge. Numerous trees were uprooted and lying in a southeast to southwest direction. Hence, it was concluded that the damage was not caused by a tornado. Several of the trees were large hardwoods. A number of power lines were brought down by the large trees and much of the area was without power for the evening. In addition, a garage in Blue Ridge was damaged by downed trees.
May 1999	Tornado (F0)	Blue Ridge	$50,000	Fannin county 911 and newspaper accounts agreed that a minimal tornado was responsible for damage in the Sugar Creek Road and Tennis Court Road areas.The roof of an outbuilding at the water company was torn off, an outdoor pavilion at a church collapsed, and the church received damage to its roof. Trees were knocked down in a twisted pattern and blocked roads in the area.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$50,000	Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 5 in Blue Ridge. Two homes received major damage to their roofs while a commercial business had several appliances damaged. Fannin County 2N Blue Ridge,28,1713EST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (0.75) The Fannin County sheriff department reported dime size hail 2 miles north of Blue Ridge on Georgia Highway 5.
March 2021	Flash Flood	Wright Mill	$40,000	The transportation department reported Georgia Highway 76 was washed out near the intersection with Wright Mill Road due to high water on Bryan Creek and Hemptown Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rainfall occurred over the area, producing the flash flooding.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Colwell	$40,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported widespread damage to trees and power lines throughout the county from destructive thunderstorm wind gusts. Over 40 trees were estimated to be down across the county with at least a dozen power lines down. A chicken house approximately four miles east-southeast of Morganton suffered heavy damage.
February 2020	Flash Flood	Due	$30,000	The Emergency Manager reported a bridge washed out at Tipton Court due to high flow conditions of Big Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area in a short period of time, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$30,000	The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that a large pine tree fell on two pickup trucks at a residence in the city. One of the trucks was totaled and the other sustained significant damage. At another residence, large tree limbs fell on and damaged the corner of a front porch. Winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph by a local resident.
January 1996	Flash Flood	Countywide	$30,000	no account filed
September 2009	Lightning	Blue Ridge	$25,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported that a house fire was likely the result of a lightning strike.
April 1985	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
March 1961	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Curtis	$20,000	The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from northwest through southeast of Blue Ridge including along Scenic Drive from Tom Boyd Road to Cox Road, Sugar Creek Road and Meadow Lane. Trees were also blown down at the intersection of Sugar Creek Road and Chestnut Gap Road, and along Aska Road from Eagle Rock Road to Weaver Creek and Whispering Pines Road.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Blue Ridge	$20,000	The News Observer - Blue Ridge reported that a man had to be rescued from his truck during flash flooding on Ada Street. The man drove his S-10 pickup truck into the high water when the truck stalled as the vehicle was submerged up to the windows with water. The man reported that water was up to his rib cage inside the truck. Ada street at Highway 5 was later closed. In addition, a storm spotter reported that a house was flooded in Blue Ridge.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Windy Ridge	$15,000	Damage reported to Fire Station #2 with several pieces of metal roofing blown off into the adjacent parking lot.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Madola	$15,000	The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down from west of Epworth along Madola Road to Blue Ridge Road in Epworth to Haymore Farm Road southeast of Mineral Bluff. A falling tree struck a house on Blue Ridge Road, no injuries were reported.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Epworth	$12,000	Numerous trees down along a path starting southeast of Epworth along Blue Ridge Dr near Wash Wilson Rd and Thunder Rock Rd and continuing southeast to Appalachian Hwy near Old US 76.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$10,000	Broadcast media reports numerous trees and powerlines downed along W Highland St just to the west of Blue Ridge.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge Lake	$10,000	A few trees down within a 2-mile radius. Likely non-severe storm wind.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Morganton	$10,000	Several trees and powerlines down in the Morganton and Mineral Bluff areas.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Caysville	$10,000	Several trees and powerlines down in the McCaysville, Epworth and Blue Ridge areas.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Madola	$10,000	Tree down on a house in the 300 block of No. 20 Mine road in McCaysville.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Caysville	$10,000	Tree reported down on a house in the 400 block of Chestnut Road in McCaysville.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Epworth	$10,000	The Fannin County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down from Epworth to Mineral Bluff.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$10,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported dozens of trees down countywide.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Higdon	$10,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported that over 20 trees and five power lines were down across the county.
July 2010	Lightning	Morganton	$10,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported that a lightning strike caused damage to their emergency service radio just outside of Morganton.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Epworth	$10,000	The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that a large tree was blown down onto a porch that was attached to a trailer. The porch was removed from the trailer as a result. In addition, an adjacent dirt bike was also crushed by the large tree.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mineral Bluff	$10,000	The Fannin county 911 center reported that around five dozen trees were blown down.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$10,000	The emergency manager reported a couple of signs, a storage building and a vehicle were damaged. The roof was ripped off the mini-storage building. Reports of a tornado could not be confirmed.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Maxwell	$8,000	Multiple to numerous trees down across Blue Ridge, including onto a house near Epsworth which was then struck by lightning and burned down.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Madola	$8,000	The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county from the Old Mobile Road area near McCaysville, across Blue Ridge to the area around Stanley Creek Road and Aska Road south of Blue Ridge.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$8,000	Multiple trees reported down along Laurel Springs Road, between Salem Road and Hardscrabble Road in northern Fannin County.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Blue Ridge	$8,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
May 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Murphy Junction	$7,000	A National Weather Service survey team found that the thunderstorm that produced brief tornadoes in Gordon and Gilmer Counties produced one more brief, weak tornado in Fannin County on the northeast side of Blue Ridge. The EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds 75 MPH and a maximum path width of 35 yards began just east of Highway 76 between McClure Way and McKinney Road. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted. No injuries were reported. [05/24/17: Tornado # 5, County #1/1, EF-0, Fannin, 2017:079].
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Colwell	$7,000	The Fannin County 911 Center reported that at least six trees and several power lines were down around Epworth in the western part of the county.
November 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Kingtown	$6,000	The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county from around the intersection of McCay Street and Old Epworth Road in McCaysville to around Old Highway 76, Dry Branch Road, Aska Road and Snake Nation Road east of Blue Ridge.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Cullough	$5,000	Multiple trees down around the Mineral Bluff area in northern Fannin county. this was along Mount Pleasant Road.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Chestnut Gap	$5,000	Multiple trees down near Blue Ridge Dr stretching from the Blue Ridge Medical Center to Davis Rd and from Chestnut Gap Rd and Barnes Chapel Rd. specifically at Salvage Rd and Chestnut Gap Rd Westwood Dr near Bear Rd Scenic Dr near Elvis Presley Dr.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Murphy Junction	$5,000	Broadcast media reports trees and powerlines down near the Marina at Blue Ridge Lake. The damage was reported at the dock near the Marina.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintertown	$5,000	Multiple trees down on Wolf Creek Road, near Stuart Mountain Road.

Mines and quarries

38 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 38 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 36 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Iron	10
Copper	8
Marble, Dimension	7
Gold	4
Manganese	4
Stone, Crushed/Broken	2
Copper, Iron-Pyrite	1
Copper, Sulfur	1
Iron, Manganese	1
Sulfur, Copper	1
Flagstone	1
Manganese, Iron	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
McKinney Mine	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
McKinney Mine.	Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1812
Mine No. 20	Copper, Iron-Pyrite	Occurrence	Massive Sulfide
Mineral Bluff Quarry	Flagstone	Producer
Mobile	Copper, Sulfur	Past Producer	1858
Mount Pisgah Prospect	Sulfur, Copper	Occurrence	Massive Sulfide
Dillard & Prince Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Samples Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hackney Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
J.Y.Allen Property	Iron, Manganese	Prospect
Margaret Robinson Property	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer
McKinney Mine Area	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Mccloud Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Noontootly Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Polk Patterson Mine	Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Wade Allenis Gold Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Arp Property	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
Polk Patterson Property	Marble, Dimension	Prospect
Rapier Mill Creek Deposit	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
The Dickey Property	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
The Hame String Creek Property	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
The Park Property	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
The Youngstone Creek Property	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
Bryant Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Kellogg Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Mine No. 20	Copper	Past Producer
Mount Pisgah Copper Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Patterson Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Phillips Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Sally Jane Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Shaffer Mine	Copper	Past Producer
Bryant Property	Iron	Prospect
Collins Property	Iron	Prospect
Mine No. 20	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Mineral Bluff Area	Iron	Past Producer	Stratabound Concordant
Owenby Property	Iron	Prospect
Silvey Property	Iron	Prospect
W.H.Dodd Property	Iron	Unknown

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Mineral Springs Creek · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Argo

Morganton census division · 30572 · On Oliver Branch · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Aska

Morganton census division · 30522 · On Little Creek · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Ballew Mill

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Trammel Branch · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Brown Mill

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · On Long Creek · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Bryan Mill

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Hunter Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Chestnut Gap

McCaysville census division · 30513 · On McClure Creek · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Coles Crossing

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Piney Mountain · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Colwell

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30541 · Near Foster Hollow · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Cooper Creek

Morganton census division · 30572 · Near Sids Mountain · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Craytonia

Morganton census division · 30560 · Near Seabolt Mountain · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Curtis

McCaysville census division · 30513 · On Stillhouse Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Cutcane

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Paris Mountain · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Dial

Morganton census division · 30513 · On Weeks Creek · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Dora

Mineral Bluff census division · 30560 · Near Dan Mountain · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Due

Morganton census division · 30522 · On Big Branch · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Dunn

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30513 · On Dunn Creek · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Elrod Mill

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Mineral Springs Creek · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Epworth

McCaysville census division · 30541 · Near Wolf Ridge · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Forge Mill

Mineral Bluff census division · 30560 · On Pounding Mill Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Fry

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30555 · On Kingtown Branch · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Galloway

McCaysville census division · 30513 · On Sugar Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Galloway Mill

McCaysville census division · 30513 · Near Ellis Knob · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Greens Mill

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Charlie Creek · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Hemp

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Richards Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Higdon

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30541 · Near Sally Ann Mountain · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Hothouse

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · On Dickey Mill Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Hurst

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Crawford Creek · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Jones Mill

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30541 · On Mill Branch · Hemp Top quadrangle

24 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Jonestown

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30555 · On Kingtown Branch · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Kingtown

McCaysville census division · 30555 · On Kingtown Branch · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Kyle

McCaysville census division · 30513 · In Kyle Hollow · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Lakewood

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · On Pounding Mill Branch · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Lickskillet

McCaysville census division · 30541 · On Little Fightingtown Creek · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Loving

Mineral Bluff census division · 30560 · Near Cutcane Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Madola

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30513 · On Patterson Creek · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Maple Grove

Morganton census division · 30560 · Near Norman Cove · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Margret

Morganton census division · 30572 · Near Tooni Mountain · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Mashburn Mill

Morganton census division · 30512 · On Mill Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Maxwell

30513 · On Trammel Branch · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
McCaysville

McCaysville census division · 30555 · On Toccoa River · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
McCullough

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Dividing Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Mineral Bluff

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · On Cutcane Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Morganton

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Star Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Murphy Junction

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Reservoir Branch · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Newport

Morganton census division · 30522 · On Kirby Creek · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Oasis

Higdon-Mobile census division · 30513 · Near Higdon Cove · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Padena

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Star Creek · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Pantertown

McCaysville census division · 30559 · On Pleasant Hill Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Pierceville

McCaysville census division · 30541 · Near Wolf Ridge · Epworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Pleasant Hill

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Piney Mountain · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Rocky Gap

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Millpond Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Salem

28906 · Near Stewart Mountain · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Sparks Mill

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Mitchell Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Stewart Mill

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · On Stillhouse Creek · Blue Ridge quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Stock Hill

Morganton census division · 30513 · On Bailey Creek · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Sugar Creek

Blue Ridge census division · 30513 · Near Fain Mountain · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Sugar Hill

Morganton census division · 30572 · On Woody Branch · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Swan

Morganton census division · 30513 · On Laurel Creek · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Sweet Gum

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Dividing Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Three Forks

Morganton census division · 30513 · On Long Creek · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Union

McCaysville census division · 30559 · Near Hothouse Valley · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Watson Gap

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Watson Mountain · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Williamstown

McCaysville census division · 30559 · On Wolf Creek · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Wilscot

Morganton census division · 30513 · Near Persimmon Hill · Wilscot quadrangle

25 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Wilson Mill

Morganton census division · 30513 · On Wilson Creek · Noontootla quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Windy Ridge

Mineral Bluff census division · 30559 · Near Dickey Mountain · Mineral Bluff quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1999
Wright Mill

Morganton census division · 30560 · On Beck Branch · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

The vanished settlements of Fannin County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Blue Ridge, Georgia

23 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1909 to 1938

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

4 structures

The vanished settlements of Fannin County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.