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Baldwin, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Cornelia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30511. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle. 3,629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.

Baldwin within Habersham County

Population over time

3 figures

Baldwin grew from 130 to 3,629 between 1900 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
1900130
20103,279
20203,629+350 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 42 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 burning127
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BANKS-001
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BANKS-001
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-013
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HABERSHAM-001
31 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baldwin: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Habersham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J.P.Fort PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Habersham County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 2019Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$5,000NWS storm survey found an area of straight line wind damage in extreme southwest Habersham County. Numerous trees along with a couple of power poles were blown down from Heads Ferry Rd to just southwest of Duncan Bridge Rd. Some minor structural damage also occurred to a few homes.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-County comms reported multiple trees blown down between Baldwin and the Hall County line, with at least one tree on power lines.
March 2017HailBaldwin-Public reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail at the Habersham County Airport.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Apple Pie Ridge Rd.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Several trees were blown down and blocked roads in the southern part of the county.
June 2010HailBaldwin-Quarter size hail was reported on Pea Ridge Rd.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Several trees were blown down.
April 2009HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2002HailBaldwin-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-no account filed
August 2000LightningBaldwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Habersham 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
Cornelia1.5 miles18
Wilbanks Corner1.6 miles14
Longview2.2 miles14
Mount Airy2.7 miles18
Stottsville3.7 miles18
Hughesboro (historical)3.8 miles14
Raoul4.2 miles14
New Switzerland4.9 miles18

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 BaldwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3260942The 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 354438. 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.