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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 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 1993 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FORSYTH-003 |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CHEROKEE-003 |
| 9 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHEROKEE-004 |
| 31 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickens Prospect | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Massive Sulfide | |
| Unnamed Barium Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Bennett Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cook Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Richards Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Sandow Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| W.T. Fowler Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Waltz & Bates Mines | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $42,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $3,000 | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of several trees down at King Road and Birmingham Highway. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $1,000 | Tree down along Hopewell Chase Drive near the intersection with Chastain Court. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Holbrook | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail near the Forsyth county line. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Holbrook | - | The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported dime to quarter size hail at a large farm in the southeast part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Home | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lathemtown | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Orange | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Macedonia | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Creighton (historical) | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Union Hill | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| White City | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Batesville | 6.6 miles | 20 |
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.







