East Griffin, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Griffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30223. It lies near Barrow Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Hill quadrangle. 1,561 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresEast Griffin fell from 1,635 to 1,561 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,635 | |
| 2010 | 1,451 | -184 (-11%) |
| 2020 | 1,561 | +110 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Orchard Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
411 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of East Griffin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 694 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 64 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 | 246 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
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 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SPALDING003 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-SPALDING-002 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SPALDING-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Griffin: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Granite, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| The Turner Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Beryl Deposit | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Walker Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Griffin in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $25,000 | The Spalding County 911 Center reported that two trees were down on the east side of Griffin. One tree fell on a home causing damage to the structure. The other tree fell on a power line. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $5,000 | Multiple trees down on roadways and on powerlines in SE Griffin. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $2,000 | The Spalding County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down in the 100 block of High Falls Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $1,500 | The Spalding County 911 Center reported several trees down in the Parrish Street/Brook Circle/Spalding Street area on the east side of Griffin. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $1,000 | Em reports tree down along hamilton blvd and arthur k bolton pkwy. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $1,000 | Tree down along 4th street, east side of Griffin. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $1,000 | A tree was downed in the 1800 block of High Falls Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $1,000 | Tree down on 900 block of North Second Street in Griffin. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | $500 | The Spalding County 911 Center reported that a large tree and a couple of wires were blown down east of Griffin. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Griffin | - | Report of a tree and powerlines down on a house on 6th street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Experiment | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Walker Mill | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Highland Mills | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Orchard Hill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Towalaga | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Esmond | 5.7 miles | 9 |
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 East Griffin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2372698 | 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 331620. 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.





