Forsyth, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. The Survey maps it on the Forsyth quadrangle. 4,384 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

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Forsyth within Monroe County

On record in Forsyth

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 6 records

Forsyth Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1983
Forsyth Railroad Depots and Baggage Roomlisted 2013
Front Circle, Tift Collegelisted 1980
Monroe County Courthouselisted 1980
State Teachers and Agricultural College for Negroes Women's Dormitory and Teachers' Cottagelisted 2003
Hil'ardin/Sharp-Hardin-Wright Houselisted 1979

Population over time

2 figures

Forsyth grew from 3,788 to 4,384 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	3,788
2020	4,384	+596 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Forsyth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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	163
Equipment and vehicle use	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30
Arson/incendiarism	29
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Smoking	12
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	3

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 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2019	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020MONROE002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Forsyth: 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Brooks Mine	Mica	Past Producer
C A Ensign Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Calloway Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Cox Prospect	Mica	Prospect
F B Willingham Prospect	Mica	Prospect
L P Goodwin Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Old Callaway Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Phinazee Mines	Mica	Past Producer
Rosa Fletcher Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Thurman Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forsyth in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 27 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
April 2005	Lightning	Forsyth	$150,000	The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported that a direct lightning strike at the 911 center rendered all of the phones and radios in the facility unuseable.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$40,000	The Monroe County Emergency Manager reported that between 25 and 30 trees were blown down. One tree fell on a car.
November 2006	Lightning	Forsyth	$20,000	The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning had struck a home on Reedy Creek Road. The resultant fire caused minor damage to the roof of the garage and some of the siding on the home. Some electrical damage was also observed.
June 2011	Lightning	Forsyth	$10,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that two homes in the Forsyth area were struck by lightning. Only minimal damage was observed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$10,000	The public reported that a couple of trees fell, one on a house northeast of Forsyth causing damage both to the roof and the side of the house, while another tree fell across the road.
August 2007	Heavy Rain	Forsyth	$5,000	An official with the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency reported localized flooding as a result of very heavy rain from a small thunderstorm that passed from northwest to southeast across the county. The Forsyth area was particuarly hard hit where drainage systems were unable to handle the amounts of rain that fell in a 30 minute period of time. Several streets were flooded for a brief period. One building sustained minor damage when several inches of water got into the bottom floor.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. A large tree fell on a funeral home chapel, causing damage.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$5,000	Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds which caused widespread power outages in Forsyth.
February 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$5,000	Several trees were blown down onto power lines which caused 1,500 to 2,000 residents of Forsyth to loose power.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$4,000	The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down across the county, with more than five trees down in Forsyth alone.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$3,000	The Forsyth County 911 Center reported that many trees and power lines were down. About 100 homes in the area were left without power.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,500	The Monroe County Emergency Manager reported at least 10 trees down from Forsyth to the southwest part of the county.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The Monroe County Emergency Manager reported a large oak tree and several branches blown down on Meadow Drive.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The broadcast media reported a tree down on power lines on West Johnston Street in Forsyth. Power was out across the city of Forsyth.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The Monroe County 911 Center reported that at least 12 trees were down in the area.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The Monroe county 911 center reported that several trees and some power lines were down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The Monroe county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	The Monroe county 911 center reported that trees were down.
May 1998	Tornado (F0)	Forsyth	$2,000	Police also reported a brief tornado touchdown from another storm in northern Monroe county. Trees were damaged along highway 42 near Blount. No injuries or significant damage were reported. The path length and width were estimated.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$2,000	Several large tree limbs and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds all across the county.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$1,000	The Monroe County 911 Center reported that four trees were down in the southeast part of the county, southeast of Forsyth.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$1,000	The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported that two trees and two power lines were down near Forsyth.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$1,000	A HAM operator reported trees down just north of Forsyth.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down along U.S. Highway 41 between the Bibb County line and Forsyth.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$500	The Monroe County 911 center reported that Park Road was blocked when a tree fell down onto the road during thunderstorm winds.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$500	The public reported that some limbs were blown down and shingles were blown off the roof of a house.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$500	The Monroe county sheriff's office reported trees blown down on Joe Chambers road in Forsyth and on highway 18 west of Forsyth.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed 10 to 15 trees across the county. Sporadic power outages occurred for up to three hours when few phone and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. Crawford County Horns,24 ,1238EST ,,0,0,2,0,Thunderstorm Winds Two large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 341.
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	$500	no account filed
January 2012	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Monroe County Emergency Manager reported that 0.88 inch hail was coming down in sheets and had accumulated to a depth of a quarter of an inch in the city of Forsyth.
June 2011	Hail	Forsyth	-	The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in Forsyth and the Monroe County Emergency Management Director observed quarter-sized hail just north of Forsyth. Hail was observed at mile marker 187 on Interstate-75.
April 2009	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Monroe County Sheriff's Department observed nickel-sized hail in the Forsyth area.
April 2009	Hail	Forsyth	-	A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office observed penny, possibly larger-sized hail around Forsyth. Radar data suggests that penny-sized was probably the largest hail size with this thunderstorm, although nickel-sized hail was reported.
May 2008	Hail	Forsyth	-	The public observed penny-sized hail west of Forsyth.
January 2006	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Monroe County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
April 2005	Hail	Forsyth	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
April 2004	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Forsyth Police Department reported penny-sized hail.
June 2000	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Forsyth police and the public reported dime size hail.
August 2000	Hail	Forsyth	-	The Monroe county 911 center reported dime size hail.
April 1999	Hail	Forsyth	-	The public reported quarter size hail on I-75.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	-	Several large trees, at least three feet in diameter, were uprooted.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees.
April 1997	Hail	Forsyth	-	no account filed
December 1996	Hail	Forsyth	-	no account filed
March 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Forsyth	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Star Mills	1.3 miles	14
Brighton Mills	1.4 miles	14
Brighton Heights	1.5 miles	14
Maynard	3.0 miles	14
Collier	4.3 miles	10
Smarr	4.5 miles	10
Logwall	5.2 miles	14
Brent	5.3 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 Forsyth	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1820317	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 331748. 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.