Beaverdale, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaverdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Beaverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Beaverdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 478 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MURRAY-004 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WHITFIELD-001 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beaverdale: 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W R Rymer Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| George Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Sam & Jw Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| W. R. Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Ruralvale Area | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaverdale in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flood | Beaverdale | $5,000 | The USGS stream gage on the Conasauga River near Eton reached its flood stage of 12.0 feet at 630 pm EDT. The river runs along the Murray/Whitfield county line. The river remained above flood stage through 915 pm EDT. In addition, minor flooding continued along Coahulla Creek near Keith's Mill during this time period. Monetary damage from this flooding was confined to minor debris removal to land adjacent to the river. No siginficant property damage was reported. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaverdale | $1,000 | Powerlines down at Mount Pleasant Road and Cohutta Beaverdale Road. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaverdale | - | A tree was down into the road in the 3000 block of Mount Pleasant Rd. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Beaverdale | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in Beaverdale. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Beaverdale | - | The Whitfield County Emergency Manager and an employee of the Beaverdale Superette reported penny-sized hail near where Prater Mill Road, Cohutta Beaverdale Road and Beaverdale Road meet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruralvale | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Edgar (historical) | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Mills (historical) | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Toonnerville | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Prater Mill | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Norton | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Valley | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Plainview | 6.2 miles | 24 |
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 Beaverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080587 | 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 331120. 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.











