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.
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
- Acoalisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Tallulah Falls quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 126 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HABERSHAM001 |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3 |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence | Kyanite | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Panther Creek Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Pyrrhotite | |
| H. Woods | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Nichols Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $10,000 | County 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 2004 | Hail | Hollywood | $1,000 | Large hail broke a window out of a home and chipped paint off an automobile. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hollywood | - | Public reported quarter size hail on New Liberty Rd. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hollywood | - | Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail reported along Antioch Church Road. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Hollywood | - | A spotter and the public reported 3/4 inch to nickel size hail north of Clarkesville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the Turnerville community. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Deer Path Ln. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Trees blown down. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hollywood | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Hollywood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hollywood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anandale (historical) | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Turnerville | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Midway | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Dixon Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| College Park | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Dicks Hill | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Clarkesville | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Soquee (historical) | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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.






