Gober, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30107. It stands on Sharp Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1926 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ball Ground West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Ball Ground West quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Ball Ground West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Gober between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 56 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHEROKEE-007 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CHEROKEE-007 |
| 22 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Gober: 6 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F M Williams Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Lawson & Quarles Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mrs Stearne's Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Burty No. 2 | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| F. Burt's | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Frank Burt Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Latham (Chester) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Latham Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lot 208 Shaft | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gober in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | $8,000 | The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around the vicinity of Ball Ground. One tree fell on a house at AW Roberts Drive and Strippling Street. Two trees fell at the intersection of Howell Bridge Road and Old Howell Bridge Road. A tree was down on power lines at the intersection of Cokers Chapel Road and East Cherokee Drive and a fallen tree blocked Northridge Road at Ball Ground Road. A tweet from the public was received reporting nickel sized hail in Ball Ground. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | $1,000 | Tree down along flatbottom road . |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | $1,000 | The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down across the roadway on Ball Ground Highway. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gober | - | Mesonet station uga74 ball ground . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Ground | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Keithsburg | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Harmony | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| White City | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Macedonia | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Buffington | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Burris Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Orange | 4.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q141203093 | 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 331833. 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.











