BlockFayetteville, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fayetteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30214. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle. 18,957 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
On record in Fayetteville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Fayette County Courthouselisted 1980
Holliday-Dorsey-Fife Houselisted 2008- Reuben Gay Placelisted 2022
- Railroad Street Historic Districtlisted 2026
Population over time
3 figuresFayetteville grew from 138 to 18,957 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 138 | |
| 2010 | 15,945 | |
| 2020 | 18,957 | +3,012 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Fayetteville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FAYETTE-001 |
| 8 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CLAYTON001 |
| 26 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayetteville in 87 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 36 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 16 lightning, 3 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | 4 hurt, $600,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Fayetteville | 1 hurt, $5,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Managment Director reported that lightning struck a poplar tree adjacent to a home on Old Mill Court off Georgia Highway 54 west of Fayetteville. The lightning travelled from the tree to an alarm clock that a man was holding in the adjacent house at the time. The man was rendered unconcsious as a result. While no fire resulted, there was damage to electrical equipment in the home. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Fayetteville | $4,330,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager and a storm chaser reported quarter to tennis ball sized hail in Fayetteville. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Fayetteville | $1,950,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey team determined that an F0 tornado touched down approximately two miles southeast of Fayetteville near Hilo Road and traveled on the ground approximately one mile to the north, terminating near Jeff Davis in southeast Fayetteville. Hundreds of trees were blown down, twisted, and uprooted along the path of the tornado, many causing damage to dozens of homes and vehicles. Trees fell through the roof of several homes. A couple of businesses in southeast Fayetteville reported extensive damage, with the roof blown off one building on Highway 85 Parkway. The tornado combined with other thunderstorm wind events in the county during the evening resulted in up to 50 percent of the county being without power for several hours during the evening. The tornado path length was determined to be one mile and the path width one-quarter mile. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $775,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that at least two homes and a work shop sustained damage from lightning strikes and related fires. A home in the Lakemont Subdivision southwest of Fayetteville on Wind Ridge Dr was a total loss with $450,000 in damages. Another home on Creek View Trail northwest of Fayetteville was also a total loss with $250,000 in damages. In addition, a workshop on the east side of the county on Morgan Mill Road was destroyed with $75,000 in damages. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $665,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck two homes and set them on fire, one southeast of Fayetteville on Wyonia Way of Hilo Road and the other northwest of Fayetteville on Bankstown Road. Both homes were declared a total loss. Two other homes were also struck by lightning, but no damage was reported. At least one transformer fire resulted as a result of a lightning strike and several power outages were reported in the Fayetteville area as a result of lightning strikes. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Fayetteville | $600,000 | The Fayette county 911 center and Emergency Management Director reported that extensive flooding of roads and homes was occurring just west and just north of downtown Fayetteville. At Georgia Highway 85 and Georgia Highway 314, just north of Fayetteville, the road had two feet of water over it. Just west of Fayetteville off Georgia Highway 54 near Gingercake Creek, water rose several feet up on homes causing extensive damage to a number of homes. One home had a portion of a lower wall cave in from the weight and rush of the flood waters. The dam on Pye Lake, also just west of Fayetteville, was also breached from the flood waters. Consequently, several homes in the LaFayette Gardens Home subdivision were flooded and several residents in the Cornwallis and Wetherly Drive area of this subdivision had to be evacuated. At least five vehicles were damaged or destroyed by the flood waters as driveways collapsed and the vehicles fell into or were submerged by the flood waters. Several roads in downtown Fayetteville and nearby adjacent areas, especially to the west and north, sustained significant damage, Portions of the roads were washed out and extensive repairs were required. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Fayetteville | $250,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain caused the roof of a rotunda on a home to collapse causing extensive damage to the structure. A gas station canopy on Georgia Highway 54 also collapsed because of the weight from heavy rain. Heavy rain also resulted in a sewage spill from a manhole in the Willowbend area near Peachtree City's city hall. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $150,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that a lightning strike set on fire a large and very expensive home in the Whitewater Creek Subdivision off Redwine road. The Fire Department confined the damage to the large, very expensive home to the attic and one upstairs room. |
| March 2001 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $150,000 | The Fayette Daily News reported that lightning struck and set on fire a brick, ranch-style house at 110 Sharon Drive. The fire destroyed a good portion of one end of the house including the attic, kitchen, and the dining room. No one was home at the time and no injuries were reported. |
| October 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Fayetteville | $125,000 | A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a very brief EF0 tornado had touched down in the northeast part of the Fayette Pavilion Shopping center, just north of downtown Fayetteville located between Georgia Highways 314 and 85. The tornado caused the back wall of the two-story Christian Bookstore to buckle outward. An air conditioning unit was also blown off the roof pad of the adjacent Marshalls Department store. A few trees behind these buildings were also blown down. Minor damage was also observed to the facade and utility lines of adjacent buildings. The tornado path length was 150 yards long with a maximum path width of 50 yards. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $120,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported that numerous power lines were blown down along Highway 85. Roofs were blown off five buildings at a U-Haul facility in the 1500 block of North Highway 85. Vehicles in the parking lot were also damaged. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $100,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported a lightning fire at a home along Woodbyne Drive, causing extensive damage. |
| March 2012 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $80,000 | The Fayetteville FIre Department reported that a vacant home off Jasmine Court was struck by lightning and subsequently set on fire. The home sustained moderate damage. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $50,000 | The Fayette county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning started a fire to a gas station/grocery store in far northwest Fayette county on Georgia Highway 92 near the Fulton county line. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $35,000 | Fires caused by lightning strikes damaged the attic of one home, destroyed an outbuilding at another, and caused minor damage at a couple of other places. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $25,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home just south of Fayetteville. Specific damages to the structure were not provided. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $25,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that lightning set a house on fire just southwest of Fayetteville in the Lakemont subdivision. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $25,000 | The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the Fayette County Fire and Emergency Services, and the public reported numerous trees and power lines down across the northwest part of Fayette county. An Amoco gas station was damaged in far northwest Fayette county on Georgia Highway 92 near the Fulton county line when its canopy was torn off. The debris from the canopy caused minor damage to a nearby home. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $20,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported that two separate lightning strikes caused damage. One lightning strike occurred at a vacuum store in the Fayette Pavillion Shopping Center in north Fayette county where a lightning strike caused an estimated $5000 in damages to electrical circuitry in the store. The other incident occurred in Fayetteville where lightning struck a power line and left 65 homes without power. Estimated damages to the power lines was $15,000. |
| October 2002 | Flood | Fayetteville | $15,000 | The Fayette county Emergency Management Director reported that very heavy rain from thunderstorms caused significant urban flooding in the downtown Fayetteville area. Two apartment units of the Stonewall Village Complex were flooded. Water rose to the depth of one foot in these units. Another apartment unit sustained minor flooding on North Jeff Davis Drive, and a bedroom was flooded in a home in the same area. One car was submerged on a downtown Fayetteville street. Up to four roads were flooded and rendered impassable for several hours in the Fayetteville area and areas just to the west. White Road was closed between Georgia Highway 92 and Georgia Highway 314 west of Fayetteville. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $10,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a large pine tree next to an outbuilding on Honeysuckle Lane in Fayetteville which subsequently set the structure on fire. The building and its contents were consequently destroyed. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $10,000 | The Fayette county 911 center reported trees down on a road and one tree down on a house. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on houses in the McIntosh Woods subdivision. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $5,000 | The Fayette County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down on the northeast side of Fayetteville from around McDonough Road and Zoie Court to Allenwood Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $5,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director and the county 911 center reported that dozens of large trees were down between Fayetteville and Peachtree City to areas just south of Fayetteville. All lanes of Georgia Highway 54 were closed near Whitewater Creek and one lane of Georgia Highway 85 was blocked about three miles south of Fayetteville. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $5,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that several homes were struck by lightning, one on New Hope Road, one near Georgia Highway 314 north of Fayetteville, one on Applewood Trace, and another between Georgia Highway 92 and Gingercake Lane. All damage reported was minor with no significant structural fires. A brush fire was also started in the Fayetteville area as a result of a lightning strike. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $5,000 | Several large trees and power lines were downed on Georgia Highway 92 between Woolsey and Inman. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $4,000 | The Fayette County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down on Poplar Way and on Gilbert Road around Fayetteville. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $4,000 | The Fayette county Emergency Management Director reported that several power lines were brought down by high winds and/or trees being blown down onto the power lines between the Fulton/Fayette county line on Georgia Highway 92 to just northwest of Fayetteville. In addition, one of the downed trees took out a gas meter and caused a gas leak. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $4,000 | The Fayette county 911 center and the public reported trees and power lines down along Harp Road south of Fayetteville in the Surrey Park subdivision, where a basketball goal was also reported down. On Hilo Road, about 3 miles southeast of Fayetteville, several large tree limbs were blown down. Further south, trees were also down near Starrs Mill. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $3,000 | Two to three trees downed along south jeff davis drive. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $3,000 | The Fayette County 911 Center reported that two trees and four to five power lines were down near the downtown square in Fayetteville. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $2,000 | The Fayette county 911 center and the public reported that numerous trees were blown down just west of the downtown square. One power line was down as well. Tree limbs were reported down on Walker Street. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees onto powerlines. Power outages were reported starting at approximately 0600 and continuing through 2100. |
| March 1997 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Power lines were downed in the 200 block of old norton road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Power lines were downed along wesley place . |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | A tree fell and blocked Williamsburg Way . |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Wires down along booker avenue due to a fallen tree. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Wires were reported down in the 200 block of Lee Street. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Tree down near Briarwood Dr and Callaway Rd. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Fayetteville | $1,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain near downtown Fayetteville caused localized brief flooding of yards and the crawl space of a home on Jefferson Avenue. A portion of Jefferson Avenue off South Jeff Davis Street had to be closed during the height of the event. WSR-88D rainfall data estimates that 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rain fell near downtown Fayetteville between 3:30 and 4:30 pm EDT. A CoCoRAHS observer reported 4.01 inches of rain just southeast of downtown Fayetteville. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees were down on power lines on Merrydale Road southeast of Fayetteville. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that some trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Fayette county 911 reported several trees blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | The public reported hail ranging from dime to quarter size and a few trees down. A retired NWS meteorologist estimated winds up to 60 mph. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds partially destroyed an aluminum building. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Two 2 foot diameter oak trees were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $1,000 | The public reported 3 trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $750 | The Fayette County 911 Center reported 3 trees down across the county. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $750 | Thunderstorm winds blew numerous tree limbs down across Fayetteville. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $750 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down eight pine trees ranging in diameter from six to 12 inches and took tops of larger trees. |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Fayetteville | $500 | Lightning did minor damage at the apartment of an NWS employee. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $250 | The Fayette County 911 center reported that one tree was blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $200 | The public reported trees and limbs blown down. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Fayetteville | - | A brief EF-0 tornado moved through Fayetteville along|Williamsburg Way just east of Glynn St/GA-85. The tornado downed|a few trees and tree limbs causing no apparent damage to|structures. Maximum winds were 70 mph. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | Power lines were downed in the 2000 block of forest drive. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | Report of trees and power lines down at Beauregard St and Grady Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwyck | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sharon Heights | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Medford Manor | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Greenlea | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Deep Forest | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchell Estates | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Quail Hollow | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Blakely Woods | 1.3 miles | 10 |
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 Fayetteville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q782494 | 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 314089. 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.