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Beulah, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yorkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart South quadrangle.

Beulah within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Beulah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,297 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 118 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 burning151
Arson/incendiarism118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2

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
8 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARALSON010
8 September 1995Debris and open burning16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARALSON015
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Beulah: 15 past producers, 10 prospects, 8 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sulfur, Copper, Iron-Pyrite. 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
Mcgarrity ProspectGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Smith-Candless ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence
Smith-MccandlessIron-Pyrite, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineIron-Pyrite, Copper, ZincPast ProducerStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineCopper, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer
Yorkville MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Frazier-King MineIronPast Producer
T.R. King PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Askew Prospect (Wisdom)Iron-PyriteOccurrenceVein
C H Miller DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

11 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Tornado (EF2)Beulah$11,000,000The Haralson County tornado entered northwest Paulding County near Yorkville around 8:28 PM. Numerous roads were closed due to debris. Three miles south of Yorkville there was an overturned RV, and a box truck was impaled by a 2-by-4. A residential neighborhood was hit, damaging several homes and destroying one. The most significant damage occurred at the new Paulding County Regional Airport, where maximum wind speeds were estimated at near 135 MPH. A hangar was destroyed and 19 of 23 planes were totaled, including a Citation jet. Damage was sustained to the terminal and other airport property, such as fences and lamp posts, as well. East of the airport, a church lost its roof. Poole Elementary School had a partial roof failure and at least one wall blown out. The portion of the roof that blew off was found across the campus. Six modular classrooms were destroyed as well. Additional homes were damaged as the tornado continued east, finally lifting near McClure Trail and McClure Drive around 8:50 PM. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that in Paulding County, 92 homes sustained minor damage, 58 sustained moderate damage, and 10 were destroyed. The total path length for both counties was 29 miles.||[03/02/12: Tornado #1, County #2-2, EF2, Paulding, 2012:005].
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBeulah$500,000Numerous reports were received from the Paulding County Emergency Manager, the public and local news media of trees, power lines and signs blown down as well as wind damage to the roofs of some homes and businesses across the county in a swath at least 15 miles wide from just east of Draketown to east of Wood Valley. Several homes and businesses also received damage from trees falling onto the structures. No injuries were reported.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBeulah$5,000Em reports multiple trees down along a line from Holy Spring Rd to Scoggins Rd.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindBeulah$2,000Tree down on house near Chief Ct.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBeulah$1,000Tree down on the road near the intersection of wilson road and mcgarity road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBeulah$1,000Tree reported down in the road on Golden Rd near Allgood Church Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBeulah$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking Hogue Road near Old Yorkville Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBeulah$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down across Bell Road near GA 101.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBeulah$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down across roadway at intersection of Pleasant Grove Rd and Lemon Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBeulah-A tree was downed in the 400 block of Williams Ct.
May 2021Flash FloodBeulah-The Emergency Manager reported water from Mud Creek covering the roadway near the intersection of Mudd Creek Road and McGarity Road. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Union2.7 miles16
Yorkville3.2 miles16
Suburban Estates3.7 miles16
Bud4.6 miles16
Vinson (historical)4.6 miles16
Mulberry Place5.1 miles16
Rollins5.5 miles16
Rock Springs6.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331154. 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.