Barrettsville, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Blacks Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. It lies near Big Savannah. The Survey maps it on the Matt quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Matt quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Matt quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Matt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Barrettsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 435 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 40 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FORSYTH-002 |
| 13 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-003 |
| 1 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-002 |
| 28 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DAWSON-001 |
| 28 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Barrettsville: 8 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mcbrayer Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Barrett | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Barrett Au | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Crawford | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hayes | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Kim Mori Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kin Mori Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Looper | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mcguire | Gold | Prospect | Vein Veined Zones |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barrettsville in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrettsville | $2,000 | Trees broken or split near the intersection of Old Kelly Farm and Kelly Bridge Rd. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrettsville | $1,000 | The Dawson County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down southwest of Dawsonville. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Barrettsville | - | A Dawson County Official reported quarter sized hail at several locations across the southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hubbardsville | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Dougherty | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dawsonville | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lumpkin | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| McKee | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Landrum | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Juno | 9.6 miles | 19 |
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 Barrettsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28956979 | 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 331097. 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.









