Dewy Rose, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Elberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30634. The Survey maps it on the Dewy Rose quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDewy Rose grew from 154 to 161 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 | 154 | |
| 2020 | 161 | +7 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dewy Rose quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Dewy Rose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 8 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 burning | 150 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ELBERT-016 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-ELBERT-002 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-ELBERT-007 |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-ELBERT-007 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ELBERT005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dewy Rose: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Mica, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Sillimanite Prospect | Kyanite | Prospect | ||
| Adams Mine | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Dewey Rose Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Frank Mewburn Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Blue Ribbon Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Peerless Extra Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Scales Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Veal Blue Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Cash | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Goss | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Harper | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thirteen Forks | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Match | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Centerville | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Nickville | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bowman | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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 Dewy Rose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5804806 | 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 355485. 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.





