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Gilmore, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Vinings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30080. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Gilmore within Cobb County

On record in Gilmore

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Gilmore between 1993 and 2019, burning about 28 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaAKERS MILL
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
26 July 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 May 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-COBB-001
17 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPOWERSFERY
17 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPALISADES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gilmore: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Kramper PropertySulfurPast Producer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Sandy Creek MineClayProducer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stamps Mine No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilmore in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGilmore$4,000Social media photos showed multiple trees down along Spring Hill Rd SE, some of which fell onto and broke utility poles.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGilmore$1,000Report of a tree down on Cumberland Pkwy SE.

Every storm recorded in Cobb 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
Miralia1.1 miles24
Vinings2.0 miles24
McIvor (historical)2.0 miles23
Cumberland Hill2.0 miles23
Forest Acres2.0 miles24
Oakdale2.0 miles24
Woodmere2.2 miles23
Countryside at Cumberland2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331811. 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.