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Dawnville, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Moody Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dalton North quadrangle.

Dawnville within Whitfield County

On record in Dawnville

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

12 surveys from 21 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Dawnville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 710 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 59 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 burning204
Arson/incendiarism59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking10
Natural9

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-WHITFIELD-001
3 September 1998Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield 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 Dawnville: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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
Jet Black Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Mrs.W.R.Davis PropertyIronOccurrence
George Cline PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
W. R. Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Chatsworth MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cooper PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Southern Talc Slate PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ruralvale AreaPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawnville in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDawnville$50,000Major damage to a home and several trees downed along the 5100-5200 block of Mark Brown Road. Chicken house also destroyed in this area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDawnville$5,000The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down across the eastern portion of the county near the Murray county line.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindDawnville$5,000The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia, conducted a damage survey to determine if a tornado had occurred in the Cedar Valley and Toonnerville areas of Whitfield county, some 5 to 10 miles northeast of Dalton. Several residents and a storm spotter in the area reported seeing funnel clouds in the area. Scattered damage to trees was noted along a west-to-east path bounded by Boyles Mill Road on the north and Presley Road on the south. The damage was centered around Bowers Road. The damage path was approximately two miles wide and one to two miles long. Most of the damage consisted of large, main branches broken off trees. One tree was completely uprooted along Boyles Mill Road. At a residence on Boyles Mill Road, a large trampoline was carried some 50 feet from its original location and destroyed as it was deposited up against a tree. There was also damage to the roof of an outbuilding behind this same residence. In addition, a portion of a metal roof on a chicken house was peeled back and one piece was slung several hundred feet by the strong winds. The damage to trees in the area was consistent with strong, straight-lined winds and not a tornado. No convergence or rotation was evident to tree damage or tall grasses in the area.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDawnville$5,000Several trees and power lines were downed at Renfro and Old Cady roads from thunderstorm winds.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDawnville$3,750The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down with power outages from Dawnville to Dalton.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDawnville$3,000Large tree on home at Miller Drive and Morning Dove Way.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDawnville$1,000Tree reported down in the road near the intersection of dawnville beaverdal rd and renfroe rd. ne.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDawnville$1,000Tree downed along wiggins road ne blocking both lanes.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDawnville$1,000The public reported trees down.
August 2004HailDawnville-The public reported quarter-sized hail in the area between Cedar Valley and Toonnerville. A National Weather Service damage survey conducted in the area confirmed that hail had occurred as numerous leaves were stripped from trees in the area. Wind gusts to 60 mph accompanied the hail.
January 1999HailDawnville-Three public reports indicated hail ranging from dime to golfball size fell in northeast Whitfield county.

Every storm recorded in Whitfield 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
Fillmore (historical)2.0 miles21
Cedar Ridge2.7 miles21
Norton2.9 miles21
Cedar Valley2.9 miles21
Pleasant Grove3.4 miles21
Toonnerville3.4 miles21
Ruralvale4.4 miles19
Union Point4.4 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122568647The 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 331527. 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.