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Brookton, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Brookton within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Brookton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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 burning122
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-006
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-004
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-003
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brookton: 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese. 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
Armour ProspectManganeseProspect
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hall County

Storms near this place

7 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookton in 7 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Brookton$75,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds 90 mph and a maximum path width of 300 yards touched down in northern Hall County along Napone Road west of Clarks Bridge Road. The tornado travelled east northeast along Napone Road, crossed Clarks Bridge Road and continued east northeast along Glade Farm Road before lifting near Glade Lake before reaching Flat Creek. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped along this path and the steeple was blown off of the Dewberry Baptist Church. No injuries were reported. [04/19/19: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Hall, 2019:026].
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBrookton$25,000Multiple trees reported down on two homes on the 6100 block of River Run Circle.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBrookton$1,000Tree in the road near North Browning Bridge Rd and Clarks Bridge Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBrookton$1,000Tree down on power lines near the intersection of Clermont Hwy and Dahlonega Hwy.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindBrookton$1,000Powerline down across roadway on 5200 block of Cleveland Hwy.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindBrookton$1,000Powerline down across roadway at intersection of Cleveland Hwy and Green Cir.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBrookton-A large tree down at Dahlonega Hwy and Clermont Hwy.

Every storm recorded in Hall 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
Land (historical)1.5 miles13
River Run1.9 miles13
Walden Woods2.2 miles13
Clermont2.3 miles13
Glades2.8 miles15
Beaver Pond3.9 miles13
Heather Heights4.3 miles13
Lake Haven4.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331248. 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.