Hawkins, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Harrisburg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trion quadrangle.

Hawkins within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Trion quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,432 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 103 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	171
Arson/incendiarism	103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	8.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Natural	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CHATTOOGA-003
29 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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 Hawkins: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aggregate Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Dallas York Tripoli Mine	Stone	Past Producer
Armington Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Hawkins Mine	Aluminum, Iron	Past Producer
Neal Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge Area-C	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-A	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-B	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

15 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkins in 15 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash 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
October 2014	Hail	Hawkins	$355,000	The public reported quarter to golf ball-sized hail in LaFayette.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$10,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported trees blown down from LaFayette to Rock Spring.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$7,000	The Walker County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down along Brookwood Lane in Lafayette.
February 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$5,000	Trees and powerlines down and trees reported on homes north of Warthen St and east of hwy27 in North Lafayette.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$5,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down or snapped, with several power outages, in LaFayette.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$4,000	A trained spotter reported a few trees blown down along Bus. Highway 27 around Culberson Avenue.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$2,500	The Walker County 911 Center reported that multiple trees were blown down in LaFayette, including along Broomtown Road, Glass Road, Straightgut Road, Dipping Springs Road, Highway 136, Garretts Chapel Road and Boss Road.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$2,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported several trees and power lines down on Straight Gut and Bronco Roads.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$1,000	Emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of N Main St and Wardlaw St.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$1,000	EM reports tree down on N Chattanooga St near Darwin Ln.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	$1,000	Tree down at the intersection of Park St and Indiana St.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkins	-	Several trees and powerlines knocked over, including one on a home and car, near intersection of Park St and Oak Ridge Dr.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Hawkins	-	Local official reported flooded roads in LaFayette, including the intersections of West Villanow Street and Oak Street, and East Villanow Street and North Main Street. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 5 to 6 inches accumulated quickly over the area, resulting in increased runoff and flash flooding of roadways in LaFayette.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Hawkins	-	Local official reported flooding on Probasco Street. Radar estimates indicate that 5-6 inches of rain occurred over a short period of time, resulting in the increased runoff, flooded roadways and rises in nearby creeks and rivers.
June 2018	Hail	Hawkins	-	A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Lafayette.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Center Post	1.2 miles	19
Harrisburg	1.2 miles	24
Mahan (historical)	3.9 miles	25
Martindale	4.0 miles	19
Bronco	4.2 miles	25
Guild (historical)	4.4 miles	25
Oakton	4.6 miles	19
Walnut Grove	5.0 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331930. 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.