BlockEton, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crandall-Eton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. It lies near Camp Ground Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth quadrangle. 824 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEton fell from 910 to 824 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 | 910 | |
| 2020 | 824 | -86 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
405 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Eton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,599 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 55 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 | 221 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HICKORY RIDGE |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TURTLE |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MURRAY007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Eton: 16 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest Galena Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| J.F.Love Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| C.C.Keith Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Mountain Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hayes Rock Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| W.F.Hampton Property | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Cohutta Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Earnest Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Mountain Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Mtn Talc Co | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eton in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Eton | $120,000 | Several amateur radio operators and the public reported that hail, ranging in size from dimes to golf balls, fell from 10 to 12 minutes and accumulated up to four inches deep on the ground in some spots. The hail damaged several cars and roofs of homes. In addition, the hail stripped trees and damaged corn crops in the area. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $25,000 | The Murray County Emergency Manager reported that metal roofing was blown off of an auto parts business at the corner of Highway 76 and Highway 52 Alternate in Chatsworth. A couple of trees were also blown down in this area. Power lines were blown down along Highway 286 west of Eton. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $6,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that 15 to 20 trees were down across the northern part of Chatsworth, mostly near Old Federal Road North. No structural damage was reported. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $2,000 | The Murray County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around Eton from around the intersection of Red Cut Road and Highway 411 to Holly Creek Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Red Cut Rd at Highway 411. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | $1,000 | The Murray County 911 center reported that a power pole was snapped in half by strong thunderstorm winds. This resulted in several power outages in the area. Nearly 2000 residents of the area were without power during the early morning hours. A ham readio operator measured a wind gust of 64 mph on his home weather equipment. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Eton | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter to half-dollar-sized hail hail near Eton. Radar data suggests that similar-sized hail was likely across much of the county from the west central to the southeast areas near Fort Mountain State Park. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Eton | - | The public reported penny-sized hail in the Eton and Chatsworth areas. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Eton | - | A storm spotter reported nickel-sized hail. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Eton | - | A storm spotter for the National Weather Service reported penny-sized hail. Wind gusts were also estimated at 65 mph. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eton | - | A storm spotter reported penny to quarter-sized hail in Eton. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report from the Murray County Emergency Operations Center of a 55 to 60 mph wind gust measured on their local weather station. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | - | An amateur radio operator measured wind gusts at 60 knots or 69 mph on his recently calibrated Weather Wizard III equipment. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eton | - | Amateur radio operators reported that several tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Eton | - | A Ham operator 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oran | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Crandall | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Mountain (historical) | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hasslers Mill | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Chatsworth | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sumac | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Spring Place | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Eton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2360793 | 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 331673. 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.