Canon, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It lies in ZIP code area 30520. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle. 643 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCanon fell from 804 to 643 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 | 804 | |
| 2020 | 643 | -161 (-20%) |
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
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Canon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Canon: 8 past producers, 5 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/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 | ||
| Hubert Creek Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowersville | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Royston | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Goldmine | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle Grove | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Shoals | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Vanna | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shoal Creek | 7.6 miles | 15 |
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 Canon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2106269 | 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 354984. 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.




