Hooker, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30757. It lies near Paris Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
449 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 449 fires within 5 miles of Hooker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,625 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 171 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 171 |
| Debris and open burning | 155 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-009 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-DADE-003 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-011 |
| 27 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE007 |
| 25 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.2 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | CSX WATER TANK RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hooker: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gillum Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395 | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| D. Martin's Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooker in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $150,000 | The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported widespread tree and power line damage across the northern part of the county from two separate storm cells within a line of storms. The first area of damage was concentrated in the Hooker and Wildwood area in the far northern part of the county near the Tennessee border. Two homes in the Pinecrest Subdivision along Georgia Highway 299 sustained damage when trees fell on the structures. At least five power lines were also down in this part of the county. The second area of damage was in the Trenton area where widespread downed trees were observed. A few power lines were also down in this area as well. Overall, hundreds of trees were down across the northern half of the county. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $2,000 | Amateur Radio operators relayed reports of several downed trees closing Interstate 24 in Dade County. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Hooker Cemetery Road near 299. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | $1,000 | The Dade County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Wallwood area in the north part of the county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooker | - | Powerlines down on i-59 n near i-24. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Morganville | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| West Brow | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| New England | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Cole City | 7.4 miles | 25 | |
| Trenton | 8.4 miles | 23 | |
| Avans | 8.7 miles | 25 | |
| Gass | 10.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332019. 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.












