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Hollywood, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Turnerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Fry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tallulah Falls quadrangle.

Hollywood within Habersham County

On record in Hollywood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 642 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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 burning126
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HABERSHAM001
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3
18 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Iron. 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
Clarksville District Kyn OccurrenceKyanitePast Producer1932
Panther Creek ProspectIronOccurrencePyrrhotite
H. WoodsGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Nichols PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Habersham County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollywood in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHollywood$10,000County comms reported a tree blown down and blocking the road in the area around Hollywood Highway and Rock Creek Ford Rd, and multiple trees blown down near the intersection of Ayersville Rd and Winchester Hill. One tree was on a house and another across a road in the latter location.
May 2004HailHollywood$1,000Large hail broke a window out of a home and chipped paint off an automobile.
April 2021HailHollywood-Public reported quarter size hail on New Liberty Rd.
June 2017HailHollywood-Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail reported along Antioch Church Road.
October 2014HailHollywood-A spotter and the public reported 3/4 inch to nickel size hail north of Clarkesville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Multiple trees were blown down in the Turnerville community.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Trees were blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Kelly Mountain Rd and Okelly Rd. Other trees were blown down onto power lines nearby at Faith Lane.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Multiple trees were blown down on Deer Path Ln.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Large tree limbs blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Trees blown down.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindHollywood-Some trees were blown down.
June 2007HailHollywood-no account filed
July 2006HailHollywood-no account filed
May 2002HailHollywood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Habersham 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
Anandale (historical)2.0 miles19
Turnerville2.8 miles19
Midway3.0 miles18
Dixon Crossroads3.1 miles19
College Park4.4 miles19
Dicks Hill4.7 miles18
Clarkesville4.8 miles18
Soquee (historical)4.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332012. 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.