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Hall County, Georgia

41 topographic sheets and 14 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

22 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Hall County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Gainesville, Flowery Branch, between 1886 and 1962.
  • 14 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 3,325 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 22 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 11 districts, 10 buildings and 1 site.
  • 5 of the 22 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 230 populated places in this county; 225 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1936

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.

Resettlement project located near Gainesville, Georgia
Resettlement project located near Gainesville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Odd Fellows Hall, Sycamore & Summitt Streets, Gainesville, Hall County, GA
Odd Fellows Hall, Sycamore & Summitt Streets, Gainesville, Hall County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

22

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

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Alta Vista Cemeterydistrict201212000551
Bailey-Harper House-Doctors Buildingbuilding200606000504
Bowman-Pirkle Housebuilding197373000623
Brenau College Districtdistrict197878000987
Candler Street Schoolbuilding198282002447
Chicopee Mill and Village Historic Districtdistrict198585001638
Clermont Residential Historic Districtdistrict198585001970
Dixie Hunt Hotelbuilding198585001057
Federal Building and Courthousebuilding197474000684
Flowery Branch Commercial Historic Districtdistrict198585001932
Friendship Baptist Church Cemeterysite2019100004298
Gainesville Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200302000873
Green Street Districtdistrict197575000596
Green Street-Brenau Historic Districtdistrict198585001974
Hall County Courthousebuilding199595000717
Hall County Jailbuilding198585002084
Head's Milldistrict199089002301
Jackson Buildingbuilding198585001677
Logan Buildingbuilding199089002266
Lula Residential Historic Districtdistrict198585002244
Beulah Rucker House-Schoolbuilding199595000533
Tanner's Milldistrict197979000729

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 of 2 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 2 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

"Night-time scene of Hall County Hospital, Gainesville, Ga.", Boston Public Library - undated
"Night-time scene of Hall County Hospital, Gainesville, Ga.". Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

36 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 1,111 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 36 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, 1947-02-08, scale 1:24000
1947-02-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-08, scale 1:24000
1947-02-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-09, scale 1:24000
1947-02-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-09, scale 1:24000
1947-02-09, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-02-29, scale 1:24000
1948-02-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-12, scale 1:60000
1951-05-12, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-12-05, scale 1:66000
1957-12-05, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-12-05, scale 1:66000
1957-12-05, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-12-05, scale 1:66000
1957-12-05, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-04, scale 1:66000
1958-01-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-04, scale 1:66000
1958-01-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-04, scale 1:66000
1958-01-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-04, scale 1:66000
1958-01-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-22, scale 1:24000
1963-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-22, scale 1:24000
1963-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-22, scale 1:24000
1963-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-22, scale 1:24000
1963-03-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-16, scale 1:76000
1974-04-16, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-16, scale 1:76000
1974-04-16, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-16, scale 1:76000
1974-04-16, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-16, scale 1:76000
1974-04-16, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-25, scale 1:76000
1975-02-25, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-25, scale 1:76000
1975-02-25, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-25, scale 1:76000
1975-02-25, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-25, scale 1:76000
1975-02-25, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000
1977-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000
1977-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000
1977-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000
1977-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-04, scale 1:15000
2002-04-04, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-04, scale 1:15000
2002-04-04, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-04, scale 1:15000
2002-04-04, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-04, scale 1:15000
2002-04-04, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

20 stations, 1 gage

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.

The 1950 census, district by district

62 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.

  • 69-1Militia District 268, Tadmore
  • 69-2Militia District 385, Morgan
  • 69-3Militia District 392, Clinchem
  • 69-4Militia District 403, Glade
  • 69-5Militia District 410, Naramore: Bellton town - That part in Hall County comprising part of Militia District 410, Naramore (Remainder of Bellton town is in Militia District 912, Poplar springs, Banks County)
  • 69-6Militia District 410, Naramore - That part outside Bellton town
  • 69-7Militia District 411, Gainesville: Gainesville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Riverside Dr., N. Green, Ridgewood Ave., N. Rainey; Oak, Rainey; City limits
  • 69-8Gainesville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Ridgewood Ave.; N. Green; Brenau Ave., Oak; N. Rainey
  • 69-9Gainesville city - That part of Ward 1, excluding Dixie Hunt Hotel Bounded by Rainey, Oak, Brenau Ave.; N. Green, E. Washington, Ward line, S. Main, W. Broad; West Ave., W. Washington
  • 69-10Gainesville city - Dixie Hunt Hotel (In Gainesville city, Ward 1)
  • 69-11Gainesville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by W. Washington, West Ave.; W. Broad, Dorsey; City limits
  • 69-12Gainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by E. Broad; S. Green, Athens; E. High; S. Bradford
  • 69-13Gainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Ward line; S. Bradford; W. High; Grove, Parker, S. Main
  • 69-14Gainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Broad; S. Main, Parker, Grove; Banks; W. Broad
  • 69-15Gainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Banks; Grove; W. High, Cheek, Myrtle; Dorsey, W. Broad
  • 69-16BGainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. High; Grove, Railroad Ave., Gainesville Midland Railway; City limits; Railroad Ave., Wills
  • 69-16AGainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Myrtle, Cheek, W. High; Wills, Railroad Ave.; City limits; Dorsey
  • 69-17BGainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by E. High; Athens; City limits; Chestnut, Moreno, S. Bradford
  • 69-17AGainesville city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. High; S. Bradford, Moreno, Chestnut; City limits; Gainesville Midland Railway, Railroad Ave., Grove
  • 69-18Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Park; Boulevard, Candler, N. Green, Riverdale Dr.
  • 69-19Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Candler; Boulevard; E. Spring; Ward line, E. Washington, N. Green
  • 69-20Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Park; City limits; E. Spring; Boulevard
  • 69-21Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Spring; City limits, E. Myrtle; Carlton; Summit, Hunter, Fair, Summit
  • 69-22Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Spring; Summit, Fair; Hunter, Summit, E. College Ave.; Pryor
  • 69-23Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Spring; Pryor, E. College Ave.; Summit; Athens, S. Green, Broad, S. Bradford
  • 69-24Gainesville city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Carlton, E. Myrtle; City limits; Athens; Summit
  • 69-25Gainesville Cotton Mills, unincorporated: Gainesville Cotton Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Athens (U.S. Hwy. 129); Offset 1/4 mile south of and parallel to Ridge Rd., Candler Rd.; Gainesville-Midland Railroad; Candler Rd., Ridge Rd.
  • 69-26Gainesville Cotton Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Gainesville city limits, Athens (U.S. Hwy. 129); Ridge Rd., Candler Rd.; Gainesville-Midland Railroad
  • 69-27Gainesville Cotton Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Gainesville city limits; Gainesville-Midland Railroad; Line due west from intersection of Unnamed street and Gainesville-Midland Railroad to intersection of Southern Railroad and Dorsey; Dorsey
  • 69-28New Holland, unincorporated: New Holland, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Offset 1/4 mile north of and parallel to Spring, N. Main, and U.S. Hwy. 23; Southern Railroad; U.S. Hwy. 23, N. Main, Spring; Gainesville city limits
  • 69-29New Holland, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Spring; Unnamed street; Myrtle; Gainesville city limits
  • 69-30New Holland, unincorporated - That part Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 23; Southern Railroad; Gainesville City limits; Myrtle, Unnamed street, N. Main
  • 69-31Militia District 411, Gainesville - That part northwest of Southern Railway and County Rd. 59, northeast of County Rd. 79, northwest of County Rd. 50 and U.S. Hwy. 129, and northeast of State Rd. 136, outside Gainesville city
  • 69-32Militia District 411, Gainesville - That part southwest of State Hwy. 136 and north and northeast of State Hwy. 53, outside Gainesville city
  • 69-33Militia District 411, Gainesville - That part southwest of County Rd. 79, southeast of County Rd. 59, west of Southern Railway, and southeast of U.S. Hwy. 129 and County Rd. 50, outside Gainesville city and the unincorporated place of New Holland (See separate map for boundaries of New Holland)
  • 69-34AMilitia District 411, Gainesville - That part north of Cains Creek, north of line running in westerly direction from source of Cains Creek to intersection of U.S. Hwy. 23 and Ridge Rd. and north of U.S. Hwy. 23 and east and southeast of Southern Railway, outside the unincorporated place of New Holland
  • 69-34BMilitia District 411, Gainesville - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 23, south of line running in easterly direction from intersection of U.S. Hwy. 23 and Ridge Rd. to source of Cains Creek and south of Cains Creek and east of Gainesville city and the unincorporated places of New Holland and Gainesville Cotton Mills
  • 69-35Militia District 411, Gainesville - That part southwest of Dorsey, south of line due east from intersection of Southern Railroad and Dorsey to intersection of Unnamed street and Gainesville-Midland Railroad, southwest of Gainesville-Midland Railroad and east of U.S. Hwy. 23, outside Gainesville city and the unincorporated place of Gainesville Cotton Mills and excluding U.S. Naval Air Facility, Gainesville (See separate map for boundaries of Gainesville Cotton Mills)
  • 69-36Militia District 411, Gainesville - U.S. Naval Air Facility, Gainesville (in Militia District 411, Gainesville)
  • 69-37Militia District 411, Gainesville - That part southwest and south of State Hwy. 53 and west of U.S. Hwy. 23, outside Gainesville city
  • 69-38Militia District 413, Roberts
  • 69-39Militia District 434, Quillian
  • 69-40Militia District 565, Wilsons: Chicopee, unincorporated Bounded by County road 180, Unnamed road, Northeasterly line from junction of two Unnamed roads to junction of U.S. Hwy. 23 and Power line; Power line; Unnamed road; Unnamed road
  • 69-41Militia District 565, Wilsons - That part outside the unincorporated place of Chicopee (See separate map for boundaries of Chicopee)
  • 69-42Militia District 569, Bark Camp
  • 69-43Militia District 570, Whelchels
  • 69-44Militia District 575, Fork
  • 69-45Militia District 803, Big Hickory
  • 69-46Militia District 810, Polksville
  • 69-47Militia District 1270, Flowery Branch: Flowery Branch town
  • 69-48Militia District 1270, Flowery Branch - That part outside Flowery Branch town
  • 69-49Militia District 1385, Candler
  • 69-50Militia District 1419, Friendship
  • 69-51Militia District 1557, Gillsville: Gillsville town - That part in Hall County comprising part of Militia District 1557, Gillsville (Remainder of Gillsville town is in Militia District 1464, Grove River, Banks County)
  • 69-52Militia District 1557, Gillsville - That part outside Gillsville town
  • 69-53Militia District 1605, Oakwood: Oakwood town
  • 69-54Militia District 1605, Oakwood - That part outside Oakwood town
  • 69-55Militia District 1690, Lula: Lula town
  • 69-56Militia District 1690, Lula - That part outside Lula town
  • 69-57Militia District 1695, Tom Bell
  • 69-58Militia District 1745, Clermont: Clermont town
  • 69-59Militia District 1745, Clermont - That part outside Clermont town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,266 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,266 of them, burning about 2,247 acres. 21 started naturally and 191 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning684
Arson/incendiarism191
Equipment and vehicle use96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Misuse of fire by a minor90
Smoking42
Recreation and ceremony33
Natural21
Railroad operations and maintenance14

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WHITE-019
25 March 2005Debris and open burning37 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 February 2009Debris and open burning36 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 March 2006Debris and open burning36 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 December 1998Debris and open burning36 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 1996Debris and open burning34 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 November 2014Debris and open burning28 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HALL-005
11 November 2016Arson/incendiarism26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-019

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

Storms, 1954 to 2025

60 of 454 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 454 reports for this county, causing 12 deaths, 151 injuries and about $50,699,350 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind240
Hail141
Tornado28
Flash Flood19
Lightning15
Flood7
Funnel Cloud2
Heavy Rain2

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

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1998Tornado (F3)Murrayville10 killed, 96 hurt, $15,000,000no account filed
July 2005LightningGainesville2 killed, $750,000The Gainesville Times reported that a 14-year old girl and her 17-month old cousin died when lightning struck a tree under which they were standing at Old Federal Park on Lake Lanier. The two died within an hour of the incident at a nearby hospital in Gainesville. The 14-year old was holding the little girl in her arms and standing underneath a tree when lightning struck. The two were not hit directly, but the lightning ran down the tree and into them. Lightning was also to blame for fires at eight homes and two businesses across the county.
December 1973Tornado (F3)not stated21 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1989Tornado (F1)not stated11 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1974Tornado (F1)not stated8 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1994Tornado (F1)Murrayville; 4W Clerm7 hurt, $5,000,000Emergency management officials reported a tornado that caused seven injuries and considerable property damage. The tornado lifted and touched down several times along Georgia Highway 283 before receding. The tornado destroyed seven houses, one church, seven mobile homes, one auction barn and uprooted numerous trees along its path. Several other homes suffered minor to moderate damage from the tornado along Georgia Highway 283.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindClermont3 hurt, $500,000Straight line thunderstorm winds leveled a mobile home which injured three people, caused minor damage to five other homes and downed several large pine trees two miles northeast of Clermont near Georgia Highway 52.
February 1993Tornado (F1)Oakwood to1 hurt, $5,000,000The tornado touched down in Federal Park about 4 miles west of Oakwood and downed several large trees. The tornado then moved east northeast and caused severe damage to five homes about 2 miles west of Oakwood. The tornado moved east and caused minor damage to a high school and several homes about 1 mile southwest of Oakwood. The tornado moved over Oakwood and damaged 24 duplexes and severely damaged five homes about 0.5 mile southwest of the town center. Residents of the subdivision compared the sound of the tornado to that of a jumbo jet taking off or a loud train. The tornado moved across Interstate 985, about 1 mile south of the center of Oakwood, in which several trees were downed on homes and cars in three divisions. Minor structural damage occurred to several businesses in Oakwood before the tornado dissipated. A total of nearly 100 structures were damaged, of which 45 homes were moderately to severely damaged. One large building destroyed. Over 2,500 electric customers lost power from downed power lines.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindFlowery Branch1 hurt, $1,000,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia and damage reports received from the Hall Emergency Management Director, a cooperative observer, and the public confirmed that a microburst with straight-line winds of 70 to 80 mph with isolated damage of 100-110 mph caused considerable damage to a subdivision just east of Interstate-985 and just south of Flowery Branch. The path of damage was approximately one-half mile long and a mile wide. At least 35 homes sustained roof and siding damage and dozens of large trees were blown down or completely uprooted in the area. One home was blown 15 feet off its foundation and destroyed as it collapsed. Windows were blown out of at least one home and several vehicles. Other vehicles were damaged from downed trees or debris. One man was injured when his locked and bolted door blew open with the winds and knocked him into a nearby wall. There were reports of other trees down in the southern part of the county, but especially in the far southern part of the county near the Gwinnett county line. The majority of the damage was confined to Devonshire, Hillsdale, and Glenmore Drives.
April 1980Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindClermont1 hurt, $75,000Hall county 911 reported severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a home on H. White Road. The roof of another home was damaged, and several other homes, barns and outbuilding sustained minor damage. There was 1 minor injury as the storm tracked east along the Hall and White county line.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWestside1 hurt, $20,000The broadcast media reported that a tree was blown down onto a trailer on Highland Terrace trapping a man inside. The man was taken to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindFlowery Branch$3,000,000A National Weather Service survey team found a 4.6 mile long, 0.5 mile wide, path of thunderstorm wind damage stretching from around the Old Federal Road Park on the shores of Lake Lanier northeast to the area around Mundy Mill Road and Millside Parkway northeast of Oakwood. Hundreds of trees were blown down causing damage to over 53 homes. Five homes were destroyed and nine had major damage. No injuries were reported.
April 2021HailMurrayville$1,800,000A retired National Weather Service employee reported hail as big as golf balls on Chestatee Point on Lake Lanier.
March 2017HailBellton$1,787,000An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail.
March 2011HailFlowery Branch$1,780,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail in Flowery Branch. Otherwise, mostly quarter-sized hail was observed elsewhere across the southern part of Hall county near Oakwood and Flowery Branch. WSR-88D radar data suggests that quarter-sized hail likely continued eastward toward Chestnut Mountain.
May 2013Flash FloodFlowery Branch$1,000,000Trudy Drive was completely washed out by a drainage branch flowing into Lake Lanier. There was a 50 to 75 foot large gap in the road with at least a 10 foot drop off. Several other roads were closed and damaged by flood waters as drainage branches become rapidly flowing creeks and overwhelmed culverts. These roads included portions of Atlanta Highway, McEver Road, Stephens Road, Flowery Way, Spring Street and Cove Creek Road in the Flowery Branch area.
April 2009HailFlowery Branch$1,000,000The public observed nickel to quarter-sized hail near the Gwinnett county line south of Flowery Branch and golf ball-sized hail in the Gainesville area. Radar data suggests that large hail, likely near golf ball-sized hail continued northeast from Gainesville toward Lula.
March 2008HailMurrayville$1,000,000Numerous reports of large hail, the size of quarters and larger, were received from the public and the broadcast media across the northern half of Hall county. Nickel-sized hail was reported by the public in Murrayville in northwest Hall county, ping-pong ball-sized hail west of Gainesville on the east side of Lake Lanier, with at least a half-a-dozen reports of ping-pong to golf ball-sized hail around the Gainesville area. The Times of Gainesville reported that Hardy Chevrolet had up to 500 vehicles suffering some form of damage from hail. At Moss Robertson Cadillac/Mazda/Isuzu, more than 100 vehicles were damaged from hail. Milton Martin Honda had 63 vehicles damaged from hail.
June 2008HailGainesville$1,000,000Several reports of large hail were received from the public from the area between Murrayville and Gainesville. Golf ball-sized hail was observed two miles north of Gainesville, while quarter-sized hail was observed four to five miles northwest of Gainesville, or just southeast of Murrayville. Hail covered the ground in these later areas. A few trees were also blown down in the area.
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Blackshear Place$750,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Hall County Emergency Management Agency confirmed that a second tornado had touched down in Hall county. This was an EF1 tornado and occurred in the southwest part of the county. The tornado was broken into two segments, the first 3/4 mile long and the second 2.25 miles long. The tornado first touched down about one mile southwest of Oakwood and traveled on the ground for approximately 3/4 mile before lifting. Within this segment of the tornado 20 to 30 trees were knocked down in the area. Up to 10 homes in the area sustained minor roof damage. Oakwood Elementary School also suffered minor damage. Maximum path width for this segment of the tornado was 100 yards. About five minutes later the tornado touched down again, this time approximately 4 3/4 mile southwest of Gainesville. This time the tornado was on the ground for 2.25 miles with a maximum path width of 200 yards. Within this segment of the tornado, dozens of trees were uprooted or blown over. Up to 15 homes in the El Rancho Estates Subdivision suffered at least minor roof damage from the downed trees and wind. Lyman Elementary School also sustained minor damage. Maximum wind for this tornado was estimated to be 90 mph.
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Gnesville Cotton Mil$550,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Hall County Emergency Management Agency confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down approximately six miles north-northeast of Gainesville, or about 3 miles east-southeast of Murrayville near Mount Vernon Road and tracked on the ground for approximately one mile before lifting. Nearly 200 trees were uprooted or blown down. The downed trees and wind caused damage to approximately 20 homes in the area. The maximum path width of the tornado was about 200 yards. Maximum wind speed in the tornado was estimated to be 90 mph.
June 2001Flash FloodGainesville$500,000The Gainesville Times newspaper reported that excess rainfall from thunderstorms, on the order of 4 or more inches during a two to three hour period, resulted in flooding of Flat Creek and the subsequent flooding of Downtowner Mobile Home Park on McConnell Road. Twenty-five mobile homes were damaged or destroyed by the flood waters. Flood waters rose up above the doors and windows of the mobile homes. In addition, several roads in Gainesville were flooded and a section of the Atlanta Highway had to be closed. On Thompson Bridge Road, a Publix Grocery Store was flooded by overflowing and blocked drains. However, water was only 4-5 inches deep in the store and little significant damage was reported here.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGainsville$500,000Straight line winds from a thunderstorm caused severe damage to two homes along Georgia Highway 369 near Lake Sidney Lanier. Both homes suffered extensive roof and window damage.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindMurraysvilee$500,000no account filed
July 2000Tornado (F1)Murrayville$350,000An NWS Storm Survey team from the Peachtree City WFO confirmed that an F0 to weak F1 briefly tornado touched down in the Leisure Lakes Village mobile home park area of Murrayville in the far north part of the county. At least half a dozen homes were severely damaged by falling trees. There was also substantial damage reported to other trees and power lines in the same general area.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBlackshear Place$300,000Numerous reports were received from the Hall County Emergency Manager, the public and local news media of trees and power lines blown down as well as wind damage to the roofs of some homes and businesses across the county in a swath at least 15 miles wide from Oakwood to Clermont. Several homes and businesses, and at least one vehicle, also received damage from falling trees. No injuries were reported.
March 2008HailGainesville$300,000A storm spotter observed golf ball-sized hail just northwest of Lula. The public observed ping-pong ball-sized hail approximately five miles north of Gainesville along near Georgia Highway 284/Clarks Bridge Road.
November 1996Tornado (F1)Murrayville$300,000no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F0)Lula$250,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that an F0 tornado touched down about 1 mile south of Lula and traveled a long nearly 11-mile path to the north-northwest, terminating near Mossy Creek in southeast White county. Eight miles of the tornado path occurred within Hall county. The majority of the damage with this tornado also occurred in Hall county, especially along a six-mile path near Lula. Along this path, hundreds of trees and many power lines were blown down and eighteen homes, six of which were mobile homes, sustained minor to moderate damaged. The damage was confirmed by the Hall county Sheriff and the Hall County Emergency Management Director at the time of the incident. The overall tornado path within Hall county was eight miles long and 50 yards wide.
April 1989Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFlowery Branch$200,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported significant wind damage in the area from the Holiday Marina to Aqualand Marina. Several docks and structures as well numerous boats were damaged or destroyed. Based on the extent and nature of the damage, wind speeds between 60 and 70 mph were estimated.
April 2001LightningGainesville$150,000The Times newspaper in Gainesville reported that lightning struck a house on Cedar Creek Road east of Gainesville in eastern Hall county. The lightning ignited a fire in the kitchen which resulted in moderate to heavy damage to the interior of the home and heavy damage to the attic. A utility pole was also struck and set on fire by lightning on the same street. Numerous outages to telephone, cable, and power were reported in the area because of the intense cloud-to-ground lightning.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$125,000The Hall County Emergency Management Director reported that a mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm winds on Clarks Bridge Road about eight miles northeast of Gainesville. Another home nearby also had a tree fall on the roof causing damage to the structure. Several trees were down in the Wahoo Creek Bridge area on Mount Vernon Road, one which fell on and damaged an unoccupied vehicle. A few trees and power lines were also down in the Murrayville area in northwest Hall county.
July 2000Tornado (F1)Lula$125,000An NWS Survey team concluded that an F0 to weak F1 tornado touched down briefly about 3 miles south of Lula in extreme northeast Hall county. The tornado was only on the ground very briefly and lifted before crossing into Banks county. It had a width of 50 to 100 yards. Nonetheless, about one dozen homes were damaged with numerous trees and power lines down in the area as well. The tornado was said to have been visible from the Boy Scout Ranch on Highway 60. Debris was observed swirling in the air.
April 1998LightningOakwood$120,000Fires caused by lightning strikes destroyed one home on Stacy Drive and damaged three othersin south Hall county.
August 2008Tornado (EF1)White Sulphur$100,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City and the Hall County Emergency Management Agency confirmed that yet a third tornado associated with the remnants of tropical storm Fay touched down in Hall county. This brief tornado touched down just southwest of Gillsville in the extreme northeast part of Hall county and lifted just before reaching the Banks county line. The majority of the damage along this 3/4 mile-long path was done near the city of Gillsville. At least 20 trees were uprooted or blown over along the path of tornado. In addition, the roof was blown off one home at the intersection of Timber Ridge and Hewell Road. Three other homes sustained minor to moderate damage from the wind and downed trees. The maximum path width was determined to be 100 yards. Maximum wind within the tornado was estimated to be 90 mph.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide$90,000The Hall county Emergency Management Director reported that a chicken house was blown down on Joe Chandeler Road about four miles east of Gainesville. The house and most of the chickens were destroyed. Trees were also blown down in scattered areas around the county. The Times newspaper of Gainesville reported that a very large oak tree was blown down behind Continental Tire on Atlanta Highway, which brought down four spans of electric transmission lines. There were a number of power outages reported across the county because of trees down on power lines.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Brookton$75,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds 90 mph and a maximum path width of 300 yards touched down in northern Hall County along Napone Road west of Clarks Bridge Road. The tornado travelled east northeast along Napone Road, crossed Clarks Bridge Road and continued east northeast along Glade Farm Road before lifting near Glade Lake before reaching Flat Creek. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped along this path and the steeple was blown off of the Dewberry Baptist Church. No injuries were reported. [04/19/19: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Hall, 2019:026].
March 2008Thunderstorm WindGainesville$75,000The Hall County Fire and Rescue Department reported that up to 20 trees and several power lines were down in the Gainesville area, and up to three miles south of Gainesville. It was originally reported that a tornado had touched down on the south side of Gainesville, but an aerial survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast office in Peachtree City, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia State Patrol concluded that the damage observed in Hall county was from straight-line winds and not that of a tornado. Several power lines were also down in the area, including several near the intersection of Georgia Highway 53 and McEver Road, about three miles west-southwest of Gainesville. The Gainesville Times reported that two brand new Hondas at Milton Martin Honda were destroyed when a tree was blown down onto them.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindGainesville$75,000The Hall County Emergency Management Director reported that a home on Camp Spring Drive suffered extensive damage from strong thunderstorm wind gusts. Half of the roof was blown off the home and the garage collapsed. At another location, namely Georgia Highway 60 South, a 100 by 50 foot storage building was destroyed. Many trees were blown down throughout the Gainesville area.
May 2002LightningBelmont$60,000The Times Newspaper of Gainesville reported that lightning struck a century-old south Hall home in Tanner Mill, setting fire to the roof. The resulting fire destroyed half of the roof and damaged the upstairs bedroom. In addition, the remainder of the home sustained water and smoke damage, although most possessions were salvaged. No injuries of deaths were reported with the incident.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$50,000Widespread wind damage swath stretching across central Hall county through Gainesville and continuing eastward. Wind damage indicative of over 80mph wind gusts.
July 2023Thunderstorm Wind(Gvl)Gainesville Mem$50,000Reports of 40 to 50 trees down with power outages across Hall County.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$50,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a home on Cloverdale Street causing significant damage to the home. No injuries were reported.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindYonah$50,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported a home and shed damaged and numerous trees blown down on Dyer Farm Road in the extreme northeastern corner of the county, near the Mossy Creek State Park.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Sidney Lanier$50,000A local newspaper reported at least 20 large trees blown down along Arrowhead Drive at Lake Lanier. Two to three homes were damaged by falling trees, no injuries were reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRoberts Xrds$50,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported that an 80 foot Oak tree was blown down on a house on Chatuge Drive. Several other, smaller, trees were damaged on this street as well. No injuries were reported.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$50,000The Hall County 911 Center reported that a dozen trees were down across the county. A back wall of the Department of Family Services Building on McEver Road was damaged when a tree fell into the structure. Several power lines were also down across the county, with up to 4000 people left without power from the thunderstorm wind event.
September 2009FloodLake Sidney Lanier$50,000The Hall County 911 Center reported that minor to moderate flooding continued across mainly the southern portion of the county. At least three roads were closed in this portion of the county because of flooding. Monetary damage to roads and property in the southern half of the county was estimated to be $50,000 during this time frame.
July 2008Heavy RainGainesville$50,000An amateur radio operator reported that heavy rain, on the order of 2 inches in an hour or less, caused a roof of a building on Queen City Parkway, just south of downtown Gainesville, to collapse.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFlowery Branch$50,000The Hall County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds caused damage to the roofs of several floating docks and floating walkways at the Aqualand Marina on the southeast end of Lake Lanier. The public reported that two large trees were blown over at a home between Oakwood and Flowery Branch and a freezer was knocked over at the same location. Another report from the public indicated that at least eight trees were down five miles south of Gainesville with minor building damage observed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOakwood$50,000The public, as well as the local Gainesville newspaper, reported that a number of trees, some very large, were blown down around the county, especially in the Oakwood and Flowery Branch areas. Several power lines were knocked down by the fallen trees. Two homes in the southern part of the county sustained damage when large trees, one of them 65-feet tall, fell on the homes. Other reports from the public indicated that shingles were removed from the the roofs of some homes. Over 7000 people in the county were left without power for several hours following the thunderstorm.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$50,000The public, along with several local newspapers, reported numerous trees and power lines down across much of the northern half of Hall county from Murrayville, to Gainesville, to Lula. Several boats docked at the north end of Lake Lanier were also reported to have been turned over. Damage was concentrated in the area north of Little River Bridge on U.S. 129 and south of Clermont. The North Hall neighborhood of Muscadine Valley and River North were particularly hard hit where dozens of pine trees were snapped in half and power lines were downed. This damage was in addition to two separate F0-F1 tornadoes that touched down in Murrayville and Lula during the same time frame.
July 1999LightningGainesville$50,000A bolt of lightning ignited a fire that gutted a house on the south side of Gainesville.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGainesville$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. Some trees fell on houses, causing damage. A church steeple collapsed, a car was turned upside down, and the awning at a service station was damaged. Hall county 911 reported trees were knocked down from Gainesville to the Forsyth county line, with debris all along the route. A 175 foot tower was knocked down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFlowery Branch$30,000Hall County Fire/Rescue reported wind damage in and around the Aqualand Marina on Lake Lanier. Several trees were blown down along Lights Ferry Road. A marina dock with 20 people on board separated from its moorings, no injuries were reported. Two docks at the marina were deemed unsafe due to wind damage.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindOakwood$30,000The public reported a large tree blown down on a house in the Oakwood area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGainesville$30,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported several trees down in Gainesville. A tree and power lines were down on a car, trapping the occupant, and another tree was downed on a pickup truck, also trapping the occupant. No injuries were reported. Trees and power lines were down along Blueberry Hills Drive, Athens Street, Stallworth Street, MLK Jr. Boulevard, and East Ridge Road.

Mines and quarries

40 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 40 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 37 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Gold33
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Mica3
Manganese1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armour ProspectManganeseProspect
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Unnamed ProspectsMicaOccurrence
Friendship QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gainsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hall County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Banks PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Big Joe MineGoldProspectVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Muddy Creek ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
NewtonGoldProspectVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
OdomGoldProspectVein
Parks Mine Et Al.GoldPast ProducerVein
PassGoldProspectVein
PotosiGoldProspectVein
Prater MineGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Smith MineGoldPast ProducerVein
StephensGoldProspectVein
StoweGoldProspectVein
Twitty? MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Vickers ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein

Every populated place in the county

230

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 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

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

Recorded here

Gainesville, Georgia

15 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1962

Flowery Branch, Georgia

16 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1912 to 1924

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

2 structures

The vanished settlements of Hall 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.