BlockAbide Awhile, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30016. The Survey maps it on the Porterdale quadrangle.
On record in Abide Awhile
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Salem Camp Groundlisted 1998 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Porterdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
356 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Abide Awhile between 1992 and 2019, burning about 520 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 38 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 148 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020NEWTON001 |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abide Awhile in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Abide Awhile | 6 hurt | An isolated supercell thunderstorm developed during the late|afternoon hours December 31,2021 in southeast Newton County. A|tornado quickly developed from thatthunderstorm and first touched|down along Creekside Lane just east of Brown Bridge Rd where a|few trees were snapped. Both video evidence and ground surveys|suggest the tornado was sporadic in its contact with the ground as|evident by small gaps in damage, particularly in the beginning of|the track. The tornado continued east northeast just along Brown|Bridge Road, snapping a few trees and blowing down a fence along|Glynshire Ct and Roberts Rd. The tornado reached peak intensity|of 90mph as it hit Veterans Middle school removing significant|amounts of siding and roofing from the gymnasium and sections of|roof. The tornado crossed Slades Mill Ct uprooting trees and|causing minor damage to 2 homes before entering the intersection|of Brown Bridge Rd and Salem Rd. Several trees were uprooted in|a Publix parking lot and minor damage occurred to the roof|at Publix. The tornado then crossed through a Chick-Fil-A parking|lot where 2 cars were tossed 100 feet and flipped, and the glass|door to the restaurant was shattered. The tornado continued east|where minor roof damage occurred to 10 homes along Tulip Poplar|Way and Mary Jane Lane before the tornado lifted in or around|Shiver Blvd. Six minor injuries were reported near the Chick-fil-a.|[12/31/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Newton, 2021:28]. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abide Awhile | $8,000 | The Newton County 911 Center reported trees and power lines blown down around Christian Circle at Christian Drive, on Mills Drive, and around Salem Road at Russell Braden Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abide Awhile | $1,000 | Several trees down along Brown bridge road in the area around Glynshire Ct. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abide Awhile | $1,000 | The public reported a large tree blown down on Lakefront Drive in the southwestern portion of the county. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pace | 0.1 miles | 18 | |
| Salem Meadows | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Woodland Acres | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Slades Mill | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Springfield | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Buck Creek | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Millers Glen | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Salem Ridge | 1.1 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122592219 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673409. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.