BlockGregory, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30711. The Survey maps it on the Beaverdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Beaverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Gregory between 1992 and 2017, burning about 592 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 28 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MURRAY-004 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MURRAY-004 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gregory: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| F.M.Powell Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W R Rymer Property | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregory in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | Gregory | $5,000 | The Dalton Citizen of Dalton reported that heavy rain caused several creeks and streams across the county to overflow their banks. High water forced the closure of several roads. Approximately 4000 acres of the Perry Farm were flooded by the Conasauga River and Sumach Creek when they came out of their banks. Mill Creek rose out of its banks and flooded a trailer park on Third Avenue. Norton Bridge on the north end of the county was flooded and had to be closed as well as parts of Georgia Highway 225 North above Red Cut Road and Patricia Avenue in Spring Place. Also on Georgia Highway 255, saturated soil from the heavy rain caused a tree to fall on the road blocking the highway in both directions between Spring Place and Central for more than an hour. In addition, several pastures on Maddox Mill Road were flooded by Cohulla Creek. Two men stranded in high water near Old Georgia Highway 2 in Cisco had to be rescued and two other men had to be rescued from rising waters while boating down Jacks River. All were rescued without injury or incident. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $2,000 | The Murray County Emergency Management Director reported that about six trees were down across the county, mainly in the Fort Mountain area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Hwy 225 at Coffey Church Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Richard Bennett Road at Caylor Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $1,000 | Tree reported down on Caylor Rd and Dunn Rd West. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $800 | The Murray County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on Weber Road. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Gregory | - | The public observed penny-sized hail between Crandall and Gregory. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gregory | - | The public observed penny-sized hail between Gregory and Cisco. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Grove | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cisco | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Tennga | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Sumac | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Crandall | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Doogan | 6.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331871. 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.