BlockHardwick, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Milledgeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31061. It stands on Fishing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milledgeville quadrangle. 3,513 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
On record in Hardwick
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 1 record
Central State Hospital Cemeterieslisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresHardwick fell from 3,930 to 3,513 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 | 3,930 | |
| 2020 | 3,513 | -417 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Milledgeville 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
- 1972 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Hardwick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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 | 161 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN006 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN007 |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-002 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN005 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-005 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardwick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midgeville Plant No. 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardwick in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardwick | 1 hurt, $115,000 | The Baldwin County Emergency Management Director, the Baldwin County 911 Center, and the Union Recorder of Milledgeville reported that at least 12 trees were blown down approximately five miles south of Milledgeville. A large 200-year old oak tree fell on a home in Milledgeville causing extensive damage to the structure. A female resident of the house sustained minor injury to her knee from fallen debris in the damaged home. At least 10 of the trees were down in the Memory Hill Cemetery which resulted in destruction to more than a dozen gravestones. Many of the downed trees were 60 to 80 years old. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | Hardwick | $150,000 | The Baldwin County Emergency Manager reported a house struck by lightning in the 100 block of Colony Farm Road. Due to the resulting fire, the house was a total loss. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardwick | $2,000 | The public reported that a couple of power lines were down along Georgia Highway 112 south of Hardwick. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hardwick | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Hardwick | - | The public reported penny size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milledgeville | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Carling (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Allenwood | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Scottsboro | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Montpelier | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Blandy | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Black Spring | 4.4 miles | 15 |
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 Hardwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957618 | 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 331912. 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.