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Crabapple, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30004. The Survey maps it on the Roswell quadrangle.

Crabapple within Fulton County

On record in Crabapple

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Crabapple between 1992 and 2011, burning about 61 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-002
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-005
5 July 1996Recreation and ceremony2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2007Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Crabapple: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper. 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
Daniels ProspectMicaProspect
Ocoee MineCopperPast Producer
Chester (Turner) ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Fuller ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Green Placer/Mcclure/NunnalyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mcclure No.2GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
NunnalyGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crabapple in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Crabapple$80,000NWS Storm Survey team found a tornado touched down near Rucker Road west of Alpharetta and traveled northeast crossing into Forsyth County north of Francis Road before lifting near Campground Road and Wills Orchard Road. EF1 damage was indicated in Fulton County with maximum wind speeds around 105 MPH and a path width of 100 yards. EF0 damage was indicated in Forsyth County. Damage was confined mainly to trees with numerous large hardwood trees snapped or uprooted. Some damage to homes occurred from falling trees. [10/14/14: Tornado #6, County #1-2, EF1, Fulton-Forsyth, 2014:016].
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$30,000The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that at least a dozen trees were down in the far northern portion of the county between Crabapple and Alpharetta in the Milton community. One home suffered structural damage from downed trees.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$20,000The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported several trees down on two houses in the vicinity of Harris and Rucker Roads.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$7,000WSB Television of Atlanta reported that several trees were down in the far northern portion of Fulton county between Crabapple and Birmingham. Some power lines were also down in the area. Trees were down on Hickory Road, Birmingham Road, Autry Mill, and Dill Mill Roads. The Milton Herald reported that trees were also down on Medlock Bridge Road, causing it to be blocked and closed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$5,000Tree down on home along e creek circle .
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$3,000Several trees down along houze rd.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$3,000The public reported 3 trees blown down and half-inch hail in Alpharetta.
May 1998HailCrabapple$2,000Public and spotter reports indicated golf ball size hail in Crabapple and 1.5 miles west of exit 11 off Georgia highway 400.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindCrabapple$1,000A tree fell across the roadway in the 900 block of Water Grove Court.
June 2025HailCrabapple-Public report of golf-ball sized hail on Crabapple Lake Ct.
August 2020HailCrabapple-The public reported hail the size of nickels near Milton High School.
April 2005HailCrabapple-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2002HailCrabapple-An amateur radio operator reported dime to nickel size hail at the intersection of Crab Apple Road and Georgia Highway 140.
July 2002HailCrabapple-The Chief Meteorologist from FOX 5 News in Atlanta and the public reported dime to nickel size hail from Crabapple to Alpharetta, and the public reported dime size hail in Roswell.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Andover North1.9 miles22
Surrey Place2.1 miles22
Fields Crossroads2.2 miles22
Sweet Apple Crossing2.3 miles23
Alpharetta2.6 miles22
Alpha Park2.9 miles22
Village Green3.1 miles22
Sterling Heights3.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331471. 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.