Herndonville, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Social Circle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30655. The Survey maps it on the Social Circle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Social Circle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Herndonville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 509 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON002 |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALTON003 |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Herndonville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conner Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herndonville in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Hail | Herndonville | $400,000 | The Walton County 911 Center relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from Herndonville and the public observed nickel-sized hail a little further east in Ebenezer. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Herndonville | $200,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down northeast of Social Circle in the 1400 block of Social Circle Fairplay Road. The tornado snapped, uprooted or broke large limbs out of 20 to 30 large trees as it travelled east along the road for nearly a third of a mile. Six homes were damaged, two severely, mainly from falling trees and branches. No injuries were reported. [08/01/18: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Walton, 2018:010]. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $3,000 | Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines in roadway on Whitney Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $2,000 | Couple of trees down near social circle and Lipscomb Rd. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $2,000 | Tree down blocking lane at Arnold Dairy Farm Road and Jersey Circle Road. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of Jersey Social Circle Rd and Arnold Dairy Farm Road. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of Hwy 11 and Whitney Rd. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | $1,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Clegg Farm Road near West Hightower Trail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | - | Report of multiple trees down at Lipscomb Rd near Ivery Rd and Mt Paran Church Rd near Social Circle Fairplay Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndonville | - | Tree downed onto a car near Social Circle by Fairplay Rd and Howard Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Social Circle | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Alcovy Mountain | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cleaton (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Ebenezer | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pannell | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jersey | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe | 5.8 miles | 17 |
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 Q122568437 | 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 331957. 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.







