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Auburn, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30011. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 7,495 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Auburn within Barrow County

On record in Auburn

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Auburn grew from 6,887 to 7,495 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,887
20207,495+608 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Auburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-GWINNETT-001
25 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARROW-004
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GWINNETT NORTH-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarism7.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARROW-004
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARROW-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barrow County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Auburn: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barrow Stone CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Barrow County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009HailAuburn$900,000The public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail in the far western part of Barrow county, especially in the Auburn area. They reported that it hailed for up to 10 minutes in the Auburn area. The public also reported nickel-sized hail in the Bethlehem area.
July 2008HailAuburn$800,000Two separate embedded thunderstorms, less than 10 miles apart, produced large hail. The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the Thompsons Mill/Braselton area, while several reports of penny-sized hail were received from the public in the far western and northwestern part of the county near the Gwinnett county line in the Auburn and Carl areas.
June 2003LightningAuburn$150,000The Barrow County News reported that lightning struck a pine tree adjacent to a home and set both the tree and the home on fire. The second floor of the home was a complete loss and the first floor suffered extensive water damage.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAuburn$50,000The Barrow County Emergency Management Director reported dozens of trees and power lines down throughout the county, with the worst damage in the Auburn and Winder areas. Two homes in Winder sustained significant damage from downed trees. The Barrow County Administrative Building suffered minor to moderate wind damage. The County Health Building was closed because of this damage. Georgia Highway 11 was closed between Pumpkin Junction and Watson Road as a result of numerous downed trees and power lines affecting the roadway. Wind gusts of 58 mph were measured both by the public and an amateur radio operator in Auburn.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindAuburn$45,000A storm spotter for the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that strong straight-line thunderstorm winds, or a possible microburst or downburst, had resulted in considerable damage to a farm near the intersection of Dee Kennedy Road and Harmony Church Road in northwest Barrow county near the Gwinnett county line. All together three to five structures were damaged or destroyed and some farm equipment was turned completely over. Two barns were completely destroyed and the roof was torn off a chicken house. The debris from the damage was scattered over a fairly large area. Several trees were also blown down in the same area
June 2011LightningAuburn$25,000The Barrow County 911 Center reported that a home was struck by lightning in Auburn. Specific details regarding damages were not provided.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAuburn$15,000The Barrow County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down across the county from Auburn to Winder, Bethlehem and Statham.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindAuburn$3,000The Barrow County 911 Center reported that three trees and at least two power lines were down. The power lines were down on Rockwell Church Road and Jefferson Highway while the trees were down blocking Bridge Road at U.S. Highway 211.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAuburn$3,000The Barrow County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down in the western part of the county along U.S. Highway 29/Georgia Highway 8.
August 2002HailAuburn$3,000The public reported dime to quarter size hail. The hail lasted for a duration of eight minutes at one location and the ground was covered with hail. The hail put dents in a resident's vehicle and stripped leaves from trees.
February 2005Thunderstorm WindAuburn$2,000The Barrow County Emergency Management Director reported that lots of pine trees were down near Georgia Highway 211, just south of the city of County Line.
February 2005LightningAuburn$2,000The Gwinett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck two homes in western Barrow county causing just minor damage. No fire resulted.
May 1998HailAuburn$2,000The public reported dime to golf ball size hail.
July 2017LightningAuburn$1,000The Barrow County 911 center reported a house was struck by lightning on Meadow Trace Drive.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAuburn$1,000The Barrow County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Auburn area.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindAuburn$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on power lines.
April 2017HailAuburn-The public reported ping pong ball size hail in Auburn.
April 2005HailAuburn-The public reported nickel-sized hail.
May 2000HailAuburn-The public reported dime to quarter size hail from Auburn to Carl to Winder.
May 1999HailAuburn-The public reported dime size hail.
May 1999HailAuburn-The public reported dime and half dollar size hail.
February 1998HailAuburn-no account filed
March 1996HailAuburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barrow 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Carl1.0 miles15
Whistleville2.7 miles18
Cedar Hill3.4 miles15
Cains Courthouse (historical)4.2 miles15
Algernon (historical)4.2 miles15
Barrow Heights4.7 miles17
Winder5.9 miles17
Mulberry6.2 miles15

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 AuburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1858881The 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 354411. 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.

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.