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Holbrook, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lathemtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30004. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle.

Holbrook within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Holbrook between 1992 and 2016, burning about 243 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 burning88
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1993Smoking2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FORSYTH-003
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-003
9 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-004
31 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minor8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Holbrook: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dickens ProspectCopper, Iron-PyritePast ProducerMassive Sulfide
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Bennett ProspectMicaProspect
Cook MineMicaPast Producer
Richards MineGoldPast Producer
Sandow MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W.T. Fowler PlacerGoldPast ProducerVein
Waltz & Bates MinesMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holbrook in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHolbrook$42,000The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down, destroying two vehicles at a large farm in the southeast part of the county.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHolbrook$3,000The Emergency Manager relayed a report of several trees down at King Road and Birmingham Highway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHolbrook$1,000Tree down along Hopewell Chase Drive near the intersection with Chastain Court.
April 2003HailHolbrook-The public reported nickel-sized hail near the Forsyth county line.
April 2002HailHolbrook-The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported dime to quarter size hail at a large farm in the southeast part of the county.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Free Home2.0 miles19
Lathemtown3.0 miles19
Orange4.8 miles21
Macedonia5.5 miles21
Creighton (historical)5.5 miles21
Union Hill6.0 miles20
White City6.2 miles20
Batesville6.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332004. 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.