Hood, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Helton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacks Gap quadrangle.

Hood within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1935 USGS Jacks Gap quadrangle1:24000
1938 USGS Jacks Gap quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Jacks Gap quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Jacks Gap quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Hood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,906 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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	87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Recreation and ceremony	4
Other causes	1
Natural	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
9 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	129 CAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hood: 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
	Crumley Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Placer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hood in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hood	$25,000	Report of multiple trees and powerlines down near the intersection of Helton Creek Road and Holly Lane.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hood	$6,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down along the Richard B Russell Scenic Highway near Helton Creek.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Hood	$1,000	The Union County 911 Center reported flash flooding along Wolf Creek, approximately three miles of Vogel State Park. The creek flooded portions of Wolf Pen Gap Road and Virginia Drive. Only minor damage occurred, mainly in the form of debris removal.
September 2009	Flood	Hood	-	The Union County Emergency Management Director reported that general flooding continued across the county following earlier flash flooding. While some roads remained under water, no additional damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Union 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Choestoe	2.3 miles	23
Town Creek	4.1 miles	22
Laura (historical)	4.1 miles	23
Fain	4.2 miles	22
Owltown	4.9 miles	23
Hood (historical)	5.0 miles	23
Otto (historical)	6.8 miles	23
Caldwell (historical)	7.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332018. 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.