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.
Population over time
3 figuresBaldwin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 130 | |
| 2010 | 3,279 | |
| 2020 | 3,629 | +350 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BANKS-001 |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BANKS-001 |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-013 |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J.P.Fort Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $5,000 | NWS 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down between Baldwin and the Hall County line, with at least one tree on power lines. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Baldwin | - | Public reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail at the Habersham County Airport. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Apple Pie Ridge Rd. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Several trees were blown down and blocked roads in the southern part of the county. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Baldwin | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Pea Ridge Rd. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelia | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Wilbanks Corner | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Longview | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Airy | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stottsville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hughesboro (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Raoul | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| New Switzerland | 4.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Baldwin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3260942 | 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 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.




