Arcade, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30549. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle. 1,884 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Arcade within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Arcade grew from 1,786 to 1,884 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,786
2020	1,884	+98 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Arcade between 1992 and 2019, burning about 340 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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	57
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1

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
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	8.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-BARROW-003
22 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-BARROW-003
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2008	Natural	9.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcade in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 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
August 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Arcade	3 hurt, $350,000	A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City and the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down and caused considerable damage in northeast Jackson county. The tornado initially touched down very briefly about three miles east-northeast of Arcade near the Brockton Loop before lifting. Only minor damage to tree limbs was noted in this area. The tornado then touched down again within the city of Commerce and tracked approximately 1.25 miles through the city before lifting before reaching the Banks county line. Approximately 40 trees were uprooted or blown over by the tornado, which caused extensive damage to homes in the area. A total of three mobile homes were destroyed, one by wind, and two others from downed trees, while up to 15 site-built homes sustained minor roof damage. Three residents of the destroyed mobile homes were treated for injuries. The maximum path width of the tornado, within the city of Commerce, was determined to be 100 yards. Maximum wind within the tornado was estimated to be 100 mph.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$100,000	The Jackson Herald of Jefferson reported that a number of trees were down in the Arcade area. One home suffered major damage and two others suffered minor damage from trees that fell on the structures.
August 2007	Lightning	Arcade	$100,000	The Jackson County 911 Center reported that another home was struck and set on fire by lightning in the far southern part of the county near the Oconee county line, just across the border from Bogart.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$25,000	The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported two barns with roofs blown off as well as damage to an airplane hangar and trees blown down around the intersection of Galilee Church Road and W.H. Hayes road.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$20,000	The Jackson County Fire Department reported trees blown down on cars in Arcade. No injuries were reported.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Arcade	$10,000	The Jackson County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding in the Arcade area in the southwest part of the county. A small creek was flowing over Hunter Road in Arcade. Culvert pipes were washed out along portions of McCreery and Hunter Roads. Rainfall of four to five inches was common in southwest Jackson county over a 24-hour period. Monetary damage in the form of erosion and damaged culvert pipes was estimated to be $10,000.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$5,000	Multiple trees down near Jackson Trail Rd and Bradley Springs Dr trees uprooted, trampoline thrown, and carport collapsed.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$5,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$1,000	The Jackson County 911 center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 129 and Etheridge Road.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Arcade	$1,000	Jackson county 911 reported roof damage to a mobile home near Arcade.
September 2020	Flash Flood	Arcade	-	The Emergency Manager reported that McCreery Road was closed due to water over the roadway from a nearby creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Arcade	-	The Jackson County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding in the Arcade area in the southwest part of the county. A small creek was flowing over Hunter Road in Arcade. Culvert pipes were washed out along portions of McCreery and Hunter Roads. Rainfall of four to five inches was common in southwest Jackson county over a 24-hour period. Monetary damage in the form of erosion and damaged culvert pipes was estimated to be $10,000.\|\|This flash flooding is a continuation of flash flooding that began during the evening of May 31st.
April 2009	Hail	Arcade	-	A storm spotter observed half-dollar-sized hail southwest of Arcade while another storm spotter observed penny-sized hail in southern Jackson county, south of Jackson. This was the second severe thunderstorm to track across the county, this time across the far southern portion of the county.
September 2006	Hail	Arcade	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
March 2003	Flash Flood	Arcade	-	National Weather Service automated river gages indicated that because of excessive rainfall on the order of 3 to 5 inches in 6-hours or less, the Middle Oconee River on the Jackson/Barrow county line rose from 5 feet or less to flood stage of 16 feet in less than six hours. The river then continued to rise and crested at 19.7 feet around 7 pm in the evening. Moderate flooding begins at 18 feet and major flooding occurs at 22 feet.. Residents in the area reported that the river was higher than they had seen in years.
April 1997	Hail	Arcade	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Arcade	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jefferson	2.8 miles	12
Red Stone	3.1 miles	12
Clarksboro	4.2 miles	14
Brockton	4.6 miles	14
Thyatira	4.6 miles	13
Talassee (historical)	5.0 miles	12
Attica	5.5 miles	14
Holders	5.7 miles	12

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.

Wikipedia article on Arcade	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1881069	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 331049. 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.