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Epworth, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30541. It lies near Wolf Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle. 668 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.

Epworth within Fannin County

Population over time

2 figures

Epworth grew from 480 to 668 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.

YearPeople Change
2010480
2020668+188 (+39%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

392 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Epworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 81 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 burning225
Arson/incendiarism81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Natural4

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-004
22 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryASH ROAD 8 18 11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Epworth: 12 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Calloway MineZinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1853, 1948
Cherokee MineCopper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1847, 1962
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Mine No. 20Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
North PitZinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1847, 1976
Old Tennessee MineCopper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
South PitZinc, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1847, 1977
Mine No. 20IronPast ProducerResidual
MobileCopper, SulfurPast Producer1858

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epworth in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
May 2006HailEpworth$98,000Yet another large hail storm tracked across western and northern Fannin county. The public reported golf ball-sized hail north of Blue Ridge near Epworth, while penny-sized hail was reported further southeast in the Mineral Bluff and Morganton areas.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEpworth$12,000Numerous trees down along a path starting southeast of Epworth along Blue Ridge Dr near Wash Wilson Rd and Thunder Rock Rd and continuing southeast to Appalachian Hwy near Old US 76.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEpworth$10,000The Fannin County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down from Epworth to Mineral Bluff.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEpworth$10,000The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that a large tree was blown down onto a porch that was attached to a trailer. The porch was removed from the trailer as a result. In addition, an adjacent dirt bike was also crushed by the large tree.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEpworth$1,500The public reported six or more trees down in the area, one 8 inch diameter tree snapped off.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEpworth$1,000Tree downed along galloway road se of hwy 5 .
July 2008Thunderstorm WindEpworth$1,000The Fannin County 911 Center reported that up to five trees were blown down across the county.
August 2004LightningEpworth$1,000The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that lightning struck a propane tank at a private residence on Lickskillet Road. The lightning blew the propane supply line apart at the tank, which was about 30 percent full, and ignited the propane fuel leaking from the tank at the supply line.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindEpworth$500no account filed
May 2006HailEpworth-The public reported nickel-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Pierceville0.6 miles21
Kyle1.6 miles23
Kingtown1.8 miles21
Galloway1.9 miles23
Jonestown2.5 miles21
Fry2.5 miles21
McCaysville2.6 miles23
Williamstown2.6 miles23

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 EpworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5384053The 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 355715. 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.