Emma, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dawsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. It stands on Little Amicalola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nimblewill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Nimblewill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Nimblewill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Emma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 323 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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 | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| 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 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DAWSON001 |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PICKENS-002 |
| 19 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-DAWSON-006 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emma in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emma | $200,000 | Dawson County EMA reported numerous trees down, some on structures, along North Seed Tick Road east of Dawsonville. At least nine homes received damage from falling trees, three with major damage. One falling tree drove a fence post through a water main on N. Seed Tick Road. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emma | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines on Highway 136. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Emma | - | The Amicalola State Park reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afton | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Johntown (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Juno | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Amicalola | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| McKee | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Dawsonville | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hubbardsville | 9.9 miles | 22 | |
| Dougherty | 12.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331663. 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.
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.










