Budapest, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30110. It lies near West Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
415 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Budapest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,259 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 183 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/incendiarism | 183 |
| Debris and open burning | 162 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-007 |
| 9 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARALSON-007 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-017 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARALSON008 |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-004 |
| 30 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARALSON-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Budapest: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Reeds Mountain Mine | Sulfur, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Crew Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Hollins (Royal) Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Royal Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Budapest in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Budapest | $244,000 | The Haralson County Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail at the intersection of I-20 and Highway 16. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Budapest | - | A report of half dollar size hail at exit 5 on I-20 was received over social media. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Budapest | - | The Haralson County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Crossing | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Waco | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bremen | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tallapoosa | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| West Bremen | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tabernacle | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Old Tallapoosa | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Buchanan | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Budapest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q603551 | 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 331274. 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.








