Pickens County, Georgia

61 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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From the record

7 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Pickens County within Georgia

What the record shows

1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Jasper, in 1924.
2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
494 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
7 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings and 1 district.
1 of the 7 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 25 populated places in this county; 25 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

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
Cagle House	building	2002	02000191
Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District	district	2005	05000644
Griffeth-Pendley House	building	2008	08000293
Pickens County Courthouse	building	2008	08000352
Pickens County Jail	building	1984	84001218
Tate Gymnasium	building	2002	02001493
Tate House	building	1974	74000700

The county from the air

28 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 323 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 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, 1945-01-24, scale 1:27200 — 1945-01-24, scale 1:27200. 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, 1958-01-05, scale 1:66000 — 1958-01-05, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-24, scale 1:24000 — 1963-03-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-17, scale 1:26000 — 1966-02-17, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-26, scale 1:26000 — 1972-01-26, scale 1:26000. 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

12 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.

TATE 1917 to 1920, hottest 35.0 C, coldest -23.3 C
JASPER 1 NNW 1937 to 2026, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -25.6 C
JASPER 7 W 1948 to 1951
JASPER 0.6 ENE 2008 to 2026
NELSON 6.6 NE 2009 to 2026
MARBLE HILL 4.7 ENE 2014 to 2024
JASPER 1.7 SSE 2016 to 2022
JASPER 4.3 W 2016
BIG CANOE 0.6 E 2020 to 2026
BIG CANOE 0.5 E 2023 to 2026
BIG CANOE 1.2 S 2024 to 2026
BIG CANOE 1.0 W 2024 to 2026

SCARECORN CREEK AT HINTON, GA 1939 to 1991
TALKING ROCK CREEK NEAR HINTON, GA 1973 to 2026
SCARECORN CREEK ABOVE HINTON, GA 1986 to 1991

The 1950 census, district by district

17 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.

112-1Militia District 794, Talking Rock
112-2Militia District 899, Dug Road
112-3Militia District 1026, Persimmon Tree
112-4Militia District 1036, Truckwheel: Talking Rock town
112-5Militia District 1036, Truckwheel - That part outside Talking Rock town
112-6Militia District 1098, Town: Jasper town
112-7Militia District 1098, Town - That part outside Jasper town
112-8Militia District 1099, Grassy Knob
112-9Militia District 1101, Jerusalem
112-10Militia District 1129, Townsend
112-11Militia District 1182, Sharp Top
112-12Militia District 1370, Ludville
112-13Militia District 1492, Nelson: Nelson town - That part in Pickens County comprising part of Militia District 1492, Nelson (Remainder of Nelson town is in Militia District 1032, Ball Ground, Cherokee County)
112-14Militia District 1492, Nelson - That part outside Nelson town
112-15Militia District 1509, Sharp Mountain
112-16Militia District 1698, Big Ridge
112-17Militia District 1801, Hill

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,023 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,023 of them, burning about 4,278 acres. 18 started naturally and 388 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	389
Arson/incendiarism	388
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	77
Equipment and vehicle use	47
Misuse of fire by a minor	31
Smoking	29
Railroad operations and maintenance	27
Natural	18
Recreation and ceremony	17

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
22 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	780 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-PICKENS-017
4 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	301 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-PICKENS-008
13 May 2007	Natural	159 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	HARRITON ROAD FIRE
24 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	103 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	83 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 October 2000	Smoking	80 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-PICKENS-013
15 February 1998	Arson/incendiarism	71 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 March 2000	Recreation and ceremony	65 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2000-PICKENS-036

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

Storms, 1959 to 2026

60 of 204 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 204 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 27 injuries and about $25,166,900 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	106
Hail	64
Flash Flood	16
Tornado	10
Lightning	4
Flood	3
Heavy Rain	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
April 1974	Tornado (F4)	not stated	1 killed, 17 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
November 2002	Tornado (F2)	Tate	10 hurt, $5,600,000	The tornado that originated in Cherokee county near Beasley Gap, continued into and across Pickens county. Once again, the National Weather Service disaster survey team determined that this was a multi-segmented tornado, with much of the damage along the path caused by straight line winds of at least 70 mph. The tornado entered the county southwest of Cagle, then continued on to just north of Tate roughly paralleling Georgia Highway 108, then turned more eastward along Georgia Highway 53 to near Marblehill, through the Big Canoe golf course and recreation area, then east of Big Canoe into extreme western Dawson county. There was definite evidence of F2 tornadic damage just north of Tate where winds were estimated in the 113 to 157 mph range. Some of the hardest hit areas included homes on Pleasant Union Road near the Cherokee county border; the Mountain Lakes Estates area, where several homes suffered extensive damage; the Bethany-Salem district where at least 56 structures were damaged or destroyed; Refuge Road near Tate, the town suffering some of the greatest damage where several homes and business were destroyed; the Big Canoe area near the Dawson county border, where several homes were damaged and the tennis center suffered extensive damage. All together, a total of 26 structures, mostly residential homes were destroyed, 142 structures were partially damaged, 2 businesses were destroyed, and 14 vehicles were totally destroyed. In addition, ten people were injured, primarily in damaged homes or trapped in vehicles on which trees fell. One of the businesses destroyed was the popular Davis's Barbeque on Georgia Highway 108. The restaurant was completely blown away, including the 20-foot white columns that stood in front of the restaurant. Three of the injuries in the county occurred in new mobile homes behind the Barbeque restaurant when their homes were flattened by the winds and other debris from the restaurant. One of the children injured, a 4-year old girl, was found by a nearby pond. The Refuge Baptist Church suffered extensive damage and was left in shambles. The historic Big Canoe chapel was also among the structures suffering damage. The steeple and all of the windows were lost from the church along with other structural damage to both the exterior and interior walls. Numerous trees were uprooted and many power lines were damaged along the path. Thirty people had to be put up in shelters and at least 6000 people were left without power for an extended period. Pickens county was the hardest hit of five counties declared in a state of emergency by the governor.
April 2011	Tornado (EF3)	Talmadge	$8,000,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Cherokee County Emergency Management Director confirmed that the EF3 tornado that touched down in northern Bartow county, five miles northeast of Kingston and continued across extreme northwest Cherokee county, also continued into western Pickens county before lifting. The tornado tracked northeast across Pickens county, entering the county almost five miles west-southwest of Talmadge and lifting approximately two miles east of Hinton or seven miles west of Jasper. Within in Pickens county extensive damage was observed along Henderson Mountain Road and Bryant Road where several mobile homes were completely destroyed. There was at least one injury observed, but no fatalities in Pickens county as a result of this tornado.\|\|Total damages in Pickens county consist of 26 homes and/or business destroyed, 15 with major damage, and 35 with minor damage for a total of 76 affected structures.\|\|[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #6, County #3-3, EF3, Bartow-Cherokee-Pickens, 2011:015].
September 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Nelson	$3,000,000	The Pickens County Emergency Management Director confirmed that the EF1 tornado, which originally touched down in far southern Cherokee county just west of Woodstock and continued on a north-northeastward track across eastern Cherokee county, entered Pickens county at the city of Nelson. Damage in Pickens county remained consistent with an EF1 rating. From here, the tornado continued north-northeast to just past Marble Hill before finally lifting. Within Pickens county the tornado had a path length of approximately five miles with a maximum path width of 220 yards or 1/8 mile. Eleven homes were damaged along the path of the tornado within Pickens county. One of these homes was completely removed from its foundation and destroyed. Four other homes suffered major damage, three with moderate damage, and the remaining three minor damage. The majority of this damage was in the Marble Hill community. In addition, three structures at the Emory Marble Plant in Marble Hill suffered major damage. Dozens of medium to large-sized trees, including several large oak trees, were downed along the path of the tornado. Several roads were completely blocked as a result, including a portion of Georgia Highway 53 between Tate and Marble Hill.\|\|[09/05/11: Tornado #1, County #2-2, EF1, Cherokee-Pickens, 2011:025].
April 1985	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$2,500,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruden	$500,000	Approximately 500 trees down across Pickens County with county wide power outages. Damage has affected roughly 60 roads and a few homes damaged.
August 2006	Lightning	Jasper	$500,000	The Pickens County Progress of Jasper reported that lightning struck the Big Canoe Golf Shop. The building was a total loss, including a restaurant, pro shop, locker rooms, and a bar. Later investigations determined that lightning likely entered the building via a two-way radio antenna into the pro shop. Lightning also damaged several other buildings in downtown Jasper, including a lawyer's office, the Carriage House, and the Savor Restaurant.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blaine	$300,000	The Pickens County Emergency Management Director widespread and extensive tree damage across the county with dozens of trees were down throughout the county. Several structures were damaged from downed trees and several roads were blocked.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Talking Rock	$300,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Pickens County Emergency Management Director confirmed that extensive damage to trees and property across the northern half of Pickens county was the result of a 75 mph straight-line thunderstorm winds. Two large chicken houses, just south-southwest of Talking Rock, collapsed and were destroyed. Eight homes in the same general area suffered minor damage from downed trees and/or tree limbs. In Jasper, the roof of a large building was removed by the strong winds. It should be noted, however, that this roof was built on top of an existing roof. Several power lines were also down in the area between Talking Rock and Jasper.
August 2008	Hail	Blaine	$300,000	The public observed penny, quarter, and golf ball-sized hail in western Pickens county from the northwest corner to the southwest corner, west of Blaine. Radar data suggests that hail of similar size likely fell all the way to the Cherokee county line in the southwest corner of the county.
April 1965	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
September 2008	Lightning	Talking Rock	$200,000	The Pickens County Progress reported that lightning struck two homes west of Jasper. A home on Hobson Drive was struck and set on fire causing considerable electrical and smoke damage to the home. However, the house was apparently not destroyed. Another home in the 3600 block of Georgia Highway 53 was also struck and set on fire by lightning. The home was completely destroyed.
July 2010	Lightning	Jasper	$150,000	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a double lightning bolt struck a 66-acre farm just north of Jasper killing four thoroughbred horses valued over $100,000. The lightning bolts apparently hit the pasture where the horses were grazing and traveled through a drainage pipe that ran underneath a dam where the horses were standing at the time of the incident.
April 2011	Hail	Hinton	$128,000	The public observed golf ball-sized hail near Talking Rock. WSR-88D radar data suggests that similar-sized hail likely fell across much of the county from west of Hinton to the northeast corner of the county near Sequoyah Lake.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$100,000	The Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Pickens County Progress of Jasper reported that flash flooding was widespread and extensive across the county. Several roads were washed out from flash flooding, including portions of Georgia Highway 136. Numerous other roads in the county were flooded and closed as well. Whole sections of pipeline along some roads were washed out, including about 100 feet of a water line. Around 12 bridges and culverts in the county were damaged from flood waters and had to be inspected. The public also reported significant flooding in many areas of the county as well.
May 2013	Lightning	Nelson	$60,000	The Pickens County Emergency Manager reported that a house was partially burned down due to lightning.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruden	$50,000	A trained spotter and the public reported thunderstorm wind damage across Pickens County including roof damage in Jasper, an auto repair garage heavily damaged near the Pickens County Airport and around 25 very large trees snapped or uprooted along Pickens Street in Nelson.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Jasper	$50,000	The Pickens County emergency manager reported swift water rescues in progress at Sharptop Cove Young Life Camp off of Camp Hope Road northeast of Jasper. A portion of the road was washed out by Long Swamp Creek which was cutting off the camp. Two camp employees in a truck attempted to cross the flood waters and were washed downstream around 40 yards from the culvert. A portion of Tamarack Drive was completely washed out by the same creek around one quarter mile downstream from the camp. Another swift water rescue and evacuation from a home was in progress off of Price Creek Trail. Flood waters from Price Creek were threatening the home and first responders were having difficulty reaching the home due to a washed out road. A landslide around 100 feet wide and around 40 feet high closed one lane on a portion of Georgia Highway 136. In summary, 3 evacuations and 3 swift water rescues of people occurred.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludville	$50,000	The public reported that several trees were blown down, including one on a house.
April 2009	Hail	Blaine	$50,000	The public observed golf ball-sized hail near Jasper and quarter-sized hail northeast of Nelson in the far southeast part of the county. Nickel-sized hail was observed by the public in Marble Hill. Radar data and previous reports from Gordon county support quarter or larger sized-hail beginning west of Blaine near the Gordon county line. The public reported that hail fell for up to 20 minutes in the Marble Hill area.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carns Mill	$30,000	Significant swath of wind damage stretching across the southeast portion of the county. Damage and downstream reports were indicative of over 85mph winds.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$30,000	A trained spotter reported numerous trees blown down around the intersection of Henderson Mountain Road and S. Basin Drive. A report was received on social media of a roof damaged by wind near the intersection of Jonah Lane and Noah Drive.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marblehill	$25,000	The Pickens and Cherokee County Emergency Management Directors report that a strong thunderstorm downburst had downed nearly 100 trees near the Cherokee county, near and just north of Tate. At least nine power poles were also down, including one main power transmission line. Several roads were blocked from downed trees.
April 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Jasper	$25,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City confirmed than an EF1 tornado touched down in Pickens county, approximately one mile northeast of Jasper, near the intersection of Georgia Highay 136 and Old Grandview Road and continued on an eastward approximately 3.5 mile-long path before lifting. The maximum path width was determied to be 440 yards with maximum winds estimated at 90 mph. Damage was greatest along Old Grandview Road near the Grandview community. In this area, at least forty 18-inch and less diameter hardwood trees were either uprooted or snapped along the path of the tornado. A number of power lines were down in the area and several utility poles were snapped. While no direct fatalities or injuries were reported, one person was said to have suffered a heart attack because of anxiety during the event. Only minor structural damage was reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper	$25,000	The Pickens County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst resulted in a dozen trees being blown down in the area just west and south of Jasper, especially near Georgia Highway 53, where a large tree fell on and destroyed the deck of a home. Just south of Jasper, a large oak tree fell on a home causing damage to that structure.
July 2003	Flash Flood	West Portion	$25,000	The Pickens county 911 center, as well as the public reported that a number of roads were flooded and impassable, especially around Ludville and Hinton. Excessive rainfall of two to six inches in a three hour or less period had occurred. At one location, at least one-half foot of water was reported to have been flowing across Georgia Highway 53 near Ludville. The river gage on the Talking Rock Creek at Talking Rock rose eight feet in just 30 minutes.
February 1959	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hinton	$20,000	A trained spotter reported multiple trees blown down and a shed destroyed from Mullinax Road and Highway 53 to Mullinax road and Hill City Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blaine	$20,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported that over a dozen trees and a number of power lines were down across the county. The most concentrated damage appeared to be in and around Jasper.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Marblehill	$20,000	The public reported that two large trees were blown down across their driveway in the Cherokee Hills Subdivision destroying a vehicle.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Tate	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a house and knocked trees down on cars.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Scarecorn	$15,000	Public report of numerous trees down including 4 on a residence near Carver Mill and Townsend Rd.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Rober	$15,000	The Pickens County Emergency Manager and the public reported numerous trees and a few power lines blown down across the northwestern portion of the county.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Blaine	$15,000	The Pickens County emergency manager reported drainage branches flowing into Town Creek southwest of Jasper were out of their banks and flooding Mineral Springs Road and White Oak Drive. A few homes were being evacuated along Wigington Lane and Burnt Mountain Road north of Jasper due to flooding of a stream flowing into Talking Rock Creek. A USGS stream gage indicated the water level on the middle and upper portions of Talking Rock Creek caused minor flooding of creek access roads...woodlands and fields.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper	$15,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported that at least two dozen trees were down throughout the Burnt Mountain area of northeast Pickens county, approximately three to four miles northeast of Jasper. Several power lines were also down in the area with widespread power outages noted in this community. The Burnt Mountain area has elevations generally above 3000 feet. More than a dozen trees were also down in the southeast part of the county around Marble Hill. A number of power outages were noted in this area as well.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cagle	$10,000	Public report of multiple trees down on Mitchell Rd and Upper Bethany Rd.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$10,000	Numerous uprooted trees and snapped power poles reported near Henderson Mountain Rd and S Basin Dr.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Hinton	$10,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported trees blown down and a portion of a roof blown off around the intersection of Highways 53 and 136 and Carver Mill Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Carns Mill	$10,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down, mainly across the southern portion of the county.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Ruden	$10,000	The Pickens County Fire Department evacuated a man from a manufactured home off Wigington Lane north of Jasper due to a creek beginning to flood on the property. The flood waters damaged a car in front of the house and entered the home.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper	$10,000	A storm spotter reported that two large pine trees were snapped, numerous large branches were down, and more than 50 percent of the shingles were peeled from a home's roof. The spotter estimated that wind gusts were 60 mph or greater.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Holcomb	$8,000	At least eight trees down along summit dr west and summit dr east.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$8,000	Trained spotters reported trees and power lines blown down across western Pickens County including on Henderson Mountain Road and on Jerusalem Church Road southwest of Jasper and on Pleasant Hill road and Hobson Road near Talking Rock.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Tate	$8,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported a power line was blown down near Bradley Court and Parker Road causing a fire in an adjacent field.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper	$8,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the entire county.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper	$7,500	At least six trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. At least one tree was down on a house, however no damage to the home was reported.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludville	$6,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported several trees blown down from Ludville, along Ludville School Road, to Northwest of Talking Rock along Keetor Road and Chance Way.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Carns Mill	$6,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported several trees blown down on South Main Street, Refuge Road and Camp Road in the Jasper area.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$5,000	Storm spotters reported trees blown down from Henderson Mountain Road southwest of Jasper into Jasper.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$5,000	A trained spotter reported multiple trees blown down onto power lines on Henderson Mountain Road.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper Pickens Co Ar	$5,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported wind damage from Jasper, where traffic signals were blown down at the intersection of Highway 515 and Highway 53, to northeast of Talking Rock where trees were downed along Ellijay Road.
February 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasper Pickens Co Ar	$5,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from around Gum Circle and White Oak Drive to Camp Road near the Cornerstone Church.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruden	$5,000	The Pickens County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down around Old Federal Road, McEntire Place and N. Main Street in Jasper.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Talmadge	$5,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported that seven large trees were down in the far southwest corner of the county near the Gordon county line. Several of these trees were down in power lines with a small subdivision located in this region of the county. WSR-88D radar data suggests that damage may well have occurred in southeast Gordon county as well, but no reports of damage were received from that area.
January 2009	Flood	Talking Rock	$5,000	The Pickens County Progress of Jasper reported that heavy rain pushed many creeks in the county out of their banks. Talking Rock Creek rose from one foot to eight feet. Part of Talking Rock Highway had to be closed because of a mudslide. Several other roads were closed because of localized flooding, including Petit, Jordan, Mineral Springs, Fortner, and Thompson Lane. Damage was limited to debris removal, mostly as a result of the mudslide.
September 2009	Flood	Cagle	$5,000	The Pickens County 911 Center reported that Old Mill Road in Tate was closed because of flooding. A number of residents were evacuated in the area as a precaution. A portion of Georgia Highway 53 was also temporarily closed because of flooding. However, no water rose into any homes. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in the area.
December 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Talking Rock	$5,000	The public reported that a tree fell on a car while traveling on a roadway.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Talking Rock	$5,000	The Pickens county 911 center reported that very heavy rain had quickly forced Price Creek above flood stage resulting in flooding of nearby areas between Georgia Highway 136 and the Gilmer county line along and near East Price Creek Road.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hinton	$5,000	A radio station relayed a report from the public of trees down and 2 chicken houses damaged on highway 53 near Hinton.
April 1998	Flash Flood	Talking Rock	$5,000	There was some flooding in Pickens county when Mill Creek overflowed its banks. The Post Office had some water around it.

Mines and quarries

53 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 53 workings inside this county. 12 still produce and 41 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Mica	19
Stone, Crushed/Broken	13
Marble, Dimension	10
Iron	4
Flagstone	4
Beryllium	1
Iron, Manganese	1
Stone, Dimension	1
Dolomite	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
Denson Mines	Mica, Beryllium	Past Producer
Duncan Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Producer
Mill No 4 Ga Marble Co	Dolomite	Producer
Richards Property	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	1919
A.M.Darnell Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Charcoal Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Jerusalem Quarry	Flagstone	Producer
North Georgia Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Pine Log Quarry	Flagstone	Producer
S.C. Tate Estate	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
W.J. Hogan Property	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
W.J. Hogan Property	Iron	Prospect
Amicalola Quarries	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Dishroom Property	Marble, Dimension	Occurrence
Ga Mining Co Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Kennesaw Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Marble Quarry Unnamed	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Marble Quarry Unnamed	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Marble Quarry Unnamed	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Perseverence Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Piedmont Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer
Tate Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Producer
Calcium Products Div. Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
H & M Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mine No. 3	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mine Number 4	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mine Number 5	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mine Number 6	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Nelson Marble Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
New York Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Number 3 Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pickens County Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Marble Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Marble Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Whitestone No. 1 Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
A V Reeves Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Allen Morton Prospect	Mica	Prospect
C C West Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Cagle Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Davis Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Fowler & Freeman Prospects	Mica	Prospect
G W Worley Deposit	Mica	Prospect
Howell Mine	Mica	Past Producer
J F Carney Prospect	Mica	Prospect
J L Mullinax Prospect	Mica	Prospect
James Foster Prospect	Mica	Prospect
May Davis Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Partain Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Poole Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Reynolds Mine	Mica	Past Producer
W J Garrison Prospect	Mica	Prospect
W P Stancil Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Walker Mine	Mica	Prospect

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.

Jasper

Jasper census division · 30143 · On Champion Creek · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997

Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Blaine

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Mud Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Burnt Mountain Estates

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30143 · Near Burnt Mountain · Amicalola quadrangle

17 sheets, 1888 to 1981
Cagle

Jasper census division · 30143 · On Cagle Branch · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Carns Mill

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Fisher Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Clipper

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Ball Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Daniels

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30107 · On East Branch Long Swamp Creek · Nelson quadrangle

20 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Grandview

Jasper census division · 30143 · Near Sharptop Mountain · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Hinton

Ludville census division · 30143 · On Bryant Creek · Ludville quadrangle

19 sheets, 1890 to 1981
Holcomb

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30107 · Nelson quadrangle

20 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Jerusalem

Ludville census division · 30143 · Near Stripling Mountain · Ludville quadrangle

19 sheets, 1890 to 1981
Keasley

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Fisher Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Ludville

Ludville census division · 30175 · On Jackson Branch · Ludville quadrangle

19 sheets, 1890 to 1981
Marblehill

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30143 · On Darnell Creek · Nelson quadrangle

20 sheets, 1890 to 1997
McDaniel

Ludville census division · 30175 · Near Gee Mountain · Oakman quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Nelson

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30107 · On Fourmile Creek · Nelson quadrangle

20 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Rober

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Mud Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Ruden

Jasper census division · 30143 · On Champion Creek · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Scarecorn

Ludville census division · 30175 · On Scarecorn Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Sweden

Ludville census division · 30734 · Oakman quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Talking Rock

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · On Mill Creek · Talking Rock quadrangle

20 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Talmadge

Ludville census division · 30139 · Near Stripling Mountain · Ludville quadrangle

19 sheets, 1890 to 1981
Tate

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30177 · On East Branch Long Swamp Creek · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997
Tate Mountain Estates

Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division · 30143 · Near Burnt Mountain · Amicalola quadrangle

17 sheets, 1888 to 1981
West Brook

Talking Rock census division · 30175 · Jasper quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1997

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

Recorded here

Jasper, Georgia

21 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1924

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.