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Birmingham, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30004. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle.

Birmingham within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Birmingham between 1992 and 2019, burning about 240 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 burning89
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-002
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-003
31 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minor8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-005
18 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Birmingham: 7 past producers, 1 prospect. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cook MineMicaPast Producer
Waltz & Bates MinesMicaPast Producer
Chester (Turner) ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
MorganGoldProspectPlacer
Rudicil MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Rudicil MineGoldPast Producer
T. N. Westbrook MineGoldPast Producer
T.N.Westbrook'sGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birmingham in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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
June 2010LightningBirmingham$2,000,000The Milton Herald reported that a large mansion home on Tullgean Drive was completely destroyed by a lightning strike. A firefighter was injured while fighting the fire when the roof collapsed on him. He suffered first and second degree burns on his legs.
June 2010LightningBirmingham$250,000The Milton Herald reported that a second home was struck by lightning in Milton, this time in the Oxford Lake subdivision. Damage to this home was confined to the roof and two rooms.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBirmingham$100,000The Fulton county 911 center reported that there was a two-mile wide swath of damage to trees and some buildings in the Alpharetta area. Some roads were closed, including Coleman Road which remained closed into the next day. Fire Station Number 1 in Alpharetta was damaged when three trees fell on and damaged the roof of the building. Also in Alpharetta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a pine tree fell on and crushed an unoccupied Jeep on Old Milton Parkway. Further south in the county, damage was less significant, but nonetheless there were several trees blown down on West Paces Ferry Road in the Buckhead community. At the Lakewood Antiques Market a 100 year-old red oak fell damaging a new hurricane fence and narrowly missing a workman driving a Bobcat. The tree was measured at 21 feet in circumference and was 77 feet tall, with an estimated weight of 9 tons. In the far northern end of the county, around Birmingham, several tree limbs were also blown down. Well over 100,000 people in the Atlanta Metropolitan area were left without power during the event, with nearly 45,000 homes and businesses still without power the next morning.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBirmingham$3,000The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in the Alpharetta and Milton areas including on Cogburn Road near Windward Parkway and on Freemanville Road just south of Birmingham Road.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindBirmingham$2,500The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported that numerous trees were blown down in Milton.
May 2025HailBirmingham$1,000Spotter reported quarter sized hail in milton .
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBirmingham$1,000Tree blocking entire street between Freemanville Road and Nix Road.
June 2025HailBirmingham-Media relayed report of 1-inch hail at Birmingham Rd and Freemanville Rd.
February 2020Flash FloodBirmingham-The Emergency Manager reported one lane closed on Birmingham Highway near Birmingham Road due to flooding of a nearby creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain have occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodBirmingham-The Emergency Manager reported Longstreet and Lively Roads closed due to flooding of Chicken Creek Tributary and Chicken Creek, respectively. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodBirmingham-The Emergency Manager reported Westbrook Road was closed due to flooding of a Chicken Creek tributary. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
May 2003HailBirmingham-The public reported penny to nickel-sized hail.
May 1996HailBirmingham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Tullamore1.0 miles19
Wood Valley1.6 miles19
Henderson Heights1.8 miles19
Knox Landing2.0 miles19
Birmingham Road Estates2.0 miles19
North Valley2.1 miles19
Laurel Grove2.1 miles19
Christophers Run2.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 311455. 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.