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Braswell, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle. 355 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.

Braswell within Paulding County

Population over time

2 figures

Braswell fell from 379 to 355 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.

YearPeople Change
2010379
2020355-24 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Braswell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,158 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 154 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
Arson/incendiarism154
Debris and open burning88
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-017
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Braswell: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Rush-Banks ProspectSulfurProspect
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Braswell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Southern States Portland Cmnt Co QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mathews PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Michigan Au Mining CompanyGoldProspectVein
No NameGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Schofield MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braswell in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2009LightningBraswell1 hurt, $250,000The Paulding County Emergency Management Director reported that at least nine homes across the county were struck by lightning. Two of these lightning strikes resulted in fires and damage to the structures. In addition, one individual approximately three miles north-northeast of New Georgia was injured as a result of a lightning strike. Lightning also struck a power line approximately three miles north-northeast of New Georgia in the southern part of the county, causing the power line to fall.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBraswell$100,000The Paulding County 911 Center and amateur radio operators reported that dozens of trees and a number of power lines were down across the county. Some of the worst damage was noted along Buchanan Highway west of Dallas and toward Burnt Hickory Ridge north of Dallas. Amateur radio operators reported that the roof was blown off the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Hiram.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBraswell$3,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down on Braswell Mountain Road near Brushy Mountain Road.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBraswell$1,500Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous trees down between Braswell and Georgia Highway 61.
April 2009HailBraswell-Several reports of nickel to half-dollar-sized hail were received from amateur radio operators and the public across north and western Paulding county, especially in the Dallas area. Radar data and reports from Polk county immediately adjacent to the west indicate that large hail likely fell from Braswell to just east of Dallas before the storm weakened.
April 2007HailBraswell-The cooperative observer for the National Weather Service in Dallas, Georgia observed quarter-sized hail on the north side of Dallas while penny-sized hail was reported by the Paulding County 911 Center in the northern part of the county along Georgia Highway 61 at Burnt Hickory Ridge.

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
Divide1.2 miles16
Remus3.7 miles16
Hanlin3.9 miles16
McPherson4.1 miles16
Braswell Corners4.8 miles18
Yorkville4.8 miles16
Windmill Creek4.9 miles17
Saddle Up Estates5.0 miles17

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 BraswellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2052441The 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 331229. 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.