Bowersville, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bowersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30516. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle. 444 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in Bowersville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- Bowersville Historic Districtlisted 1985
- Gulley-Gurley Farmlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresBowersville fell from 465 to 444 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 465 | |
| 2020 | 444 | -21 (-5%) |
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 Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Royston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Bowersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 136 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019FRANKLIN001 |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN006 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bowersville: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays Property | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown/Bowers Properties | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Winter Property | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Banister Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Green Rose Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Hartwell Quarry & Mill | Mica | Plant | 1919 | |
| Highway Deposits | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Head Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowersville in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | $50,000 | Emergency manager and utility company reported multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout Hart County. A chicken house was also destroyed. |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Bowersville | $15,000 | Lightning traveled down two trees and killed 29 cows. Mother cows were laying with their legs sticking straight up in the air. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | $1,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the northern part of the county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | County comms reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down across Hart County. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | County comms reported several trees blown down in the Bowersville area. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | County comms reported trees blown down along Lankford Rd. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | County comms reported a few trees and large limbs blown down around Bowersvile. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | FD reported multiple trees blown down along Highway 17 near Bowersville. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | Multiple trees were blown down across Hart County. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the county. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | A tree was blown down in the Bowersville area. Another tree was blown down in the Goldmine area with a third blown down along highway 172 south of Hartwell. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, along with several power poles. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canon | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Shoals | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Shoal Creek | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Olivet | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Parkertown Mill | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Goldmine | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Royston | 6.1 miles | 14 |
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 Bowersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2032239 | 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 331215. 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.




