Hardys Crossroads, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31064. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stewart quadrangle.

Hardys Crossroads within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Stewart quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Hardys Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 17 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	176
Arson/incendiarism	29
Misuse of fire by a minor	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Natural	17
Smoking	14
Recreation and ceremony	12

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 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1993	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-JASPER-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardys Crossroads in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 10 injuries. 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 2023	Tornado (EF2)	Hardys Crossroads	1 killed, 10 hurt	Radar data, areal surveys and ground surveys confirm that a long track EF2 tornado occurred beginning a few miles east of Griffin GA through Butts, Newton and into Jasper counties. The tornado was part of a larger mesocyclone which can be traced west all the way back to the Selma Alabama tornado which spawned numerous tornadoes during its lifecycle. This particular tornado first touched down in an area around Crouch road and Wild Plum Road snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado struck a Rinai building causing damage to the roof, windows and outside walls. The tornado continued northeast snapping and uprooting trees quickly intensifying as it crossed hwy 19 becoming and EF2. Widespread tree damage was noted along S. McDonough Road and Walnut Grove Road north of Hwy 16. A well built home sustained significant roof and structure damage consistent with high end EF2 winds. The tornado continued northeast crossing High Falls Road, N. Walkers Mill Road, Yamacraw road snapping and uprooting trees consistent with EF1 damage. As the tornado continued northeast, it became the dominant circulation within the larger mesocyclone as the previous Griffin tornado began to occlude within the large circulation. The tornado crossed Jackson road and paralleled Jenkinsburg road before crossing I75 near Jenkinsburg Road. Snapped and uprooted trees were noted along both sides of I75 where the tornado crossed. As the storm became the dominant circulation within the mesocyclone, the wind field expanded and the damage became fairly consistent with high end EF1 to low EF2 thereafter. The tornado crossed Locust Road, Dean Patrick Road and England Chapel Road were numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Some home damage was noted in the area as well, particularly as it approached Shiloah Road. Several homes were damaged along Plaza Dr and Smith Dr. The tornado continued NE crossing Hwy 23 striking a large warehouse. Severe roof and exterior wall damage was noted as debris was spread across the highway and to the NE of the hwy. As the tornado crossed the highway it struck a train on the tracks and overturned 3 rail cars just west Walter Moore Rd. The storm continued northeast crossing Wolf Creek Road snapping and uprooting trees near several homes consistent with EF1 wind damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing Rising Star Church road and Brown road snapping and uprooting trees. As the storm continued northeast beyond this point, the remnant circulation which last produced damage near Locust Grove regenerated a new tornado a little over a mile to the northwest along Fincherville Road. The two tornadoes would continue to the NE nearly parallel through the Jackson Lake area. This particular tornado continued northeast and would intensify to EF2 as it crossed Hwy 36 north of Keys Ferry Road and Haley Road. The fatality and critical injury directly associated with this tornado occurred along Haley Road when a tree fell onto a vehicle injuring the driver and fatally wounding a passenger. EF2 damage was noted East of hwy36 along Haley Road, Pocahontas St. Chickasaw lane and several neighborhoods along the lake. The tornado crossed into Southern Newton County causing severe damage along Parker Road, Ray Road, Malcom Rd, Quarry Ct, Pebble Ridge Dr, Hunters Trace, Campbell Rd and Hwy 212 as it entered Jasper County near the Franks Restaurant. EF1 to low end EF2 damage was intermittent along Yancy Rd, Dallas Tr, Gem Lane, Lees Cove, Alcovy N. Dr, Rainbow Dr and County Line Road. The Bear Creek Marian was destroyed and several campers were destroyed. The storm continued NE crossing Henderson Mill Road snapping and uprooting trees, County line Trail and Hwy 11 before weakening and lifting as it approached Margery Lake. A second fatality was resulted the following day when a lineman was knocked out of a bucket truck in Jasper County after being struck by a large tree branch while attempting to restore powerlines. The fatality, is considered indirect but will be tied to this particular tornado. Widespread wind damage can be seen via areal survey and ground survey throughout northern Butts, Southern Newton and Western Jasper counties and surveying this particular storm was a challenge to discern where the tornado actually ended and where the severe wind damage started. The path width is an approximation based on the most severe damage swaths which were surveyed however, strong inflow winds occurred for much of the lifecycle of this tornado making a very wide swath of damage along its 30+ mile long path.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hardys Crossroads	$4,000	Several trees and power lines were reported down in the vicinity of Jackson Lake, including on Jackson Lake Rd, Alcovy N Rd, and County Line Rd.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hardys Crossroads	$1,000	The Jasper County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Jackson Lake Road near Highway 212.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hardys Crossroads	$1,000	The Jasper County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down within the county.
February 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Hardys Crossroads	-	An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 to 105 mph touched down in northeastern Butts County February 15, 2025 at 5:16AM EST. The tornado spun up within a strong line of storms moving rapidly eastward across northern GA early in the morning hours. The Tornado first touched down in a wooded region west of Winding Way road located west of Hwy 36. The tornado crossed Winding Way snapping and uprooting trees including one onto a home causing severe damage to the home. The tornado continued ENE reaching maximum intensity as it crossed Keys Ferry Road snapping and uprooting numerous trees. Additionally, approximately a dozen homes along Keys Ferry road sustained damage either directly from the wind or from falling trees consistent with mid and high end EF1 winds. Several homes had portions of the roof blown off while others were missing shingles. Several homes with trees on them sustained more significant damage. The tornado continued ENE crossing Walthall Road snapping and uprooting trees before reaching HWY 36 where one business sustained roof damage. The tornado continued eastward crossing Martin Road snapping trees and through an uninhabited area north of Haley Road snapping trees. Coincidentally, the area along Hwy 36 eastward through Martin road to the edge of Lake Jackson is the same area hit by the January 2023 tornado and damage from that tornado was still very evident among the new tornado damage. The tornado began to weaken as it crossed Henry Higgins Road and Haley road while still snapping and uprooting some trees. A home was damaged along Henry Higgins road from a tree. The tornado damage became more sporadic as it crossed Jackson Lake into Newton County where trees were downed in a wooded region along Mitchell Road. The tornado crossed the lake again knocking over a few trees near hwy 212 before lifting as it reached Blue Herron Dr.
February 2009	Hail	Hardys Crossroads	-	The public observed half-dollar and slightly larger-sized-hail in the Monticello area. Radar data supported that hail of this size or larger likely fell in a large swath from the northwest to the east central part of the county.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Turtles Cove	1.0 miles	12
Alcovy Shores	1.1 miles	12
Mechanicsville (historical)	1.4 miles	12
Prospect	3.5 miles	12
Rocky Creek	3.6 miles	12
Palato	3.8 miles	11
Kitchens Store (historical)	3.9 miles	12
Bethel	4.1 miles	12

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 Q122557568

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 356175. 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.

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.