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Hubbardsville, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Blacks Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. The Survey maps it on the Matt quadrangle.

Hubbardsville within Dawson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Hubbardsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 670 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 112 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/incendiarism112
Debris and open burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-017
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Natural1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PICKENS-003
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DAWSON002
2 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hubbardsville: 9 prospects, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Cobalt, Copper, Stone, Dimension. 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
Duncan QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Franklin-Creighton MineGold, Cobalt, CopperPast Producer1841, 1909
Amphlett MineMicaPast Producer
Partain ProspectsMicaProspect
Poole MineMicaPast Producer
Revis DepositMicaOccurrence
S S Densmore ProspectMicaProspect
South Amphlett ProspectMicaProspect
Walker MineMicaProspect
BarrettGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Dawson County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbardsville in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$50,000Widespread wind damage swath with numerous trees down and ground observations of gusts in excess of 89mph across the southern portion of Dawson County.
September 2009FloodHubbardsville$10,000USGS stream gages indicated that minor flooding continued along the Etowah River and associated creeks and streams across the southern portion of the county. Monetary damage was estimated to be $10,000 in the form of debris removal alongside the flooded creeks and streams.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$8,000Multiple reports of trees blown down across the southern end of the county. Some locations include along Kelly Bridge Road near Blue Bird Trail, Wind Ridge Drive and Rose Place, as well as Highway 9 near Mill Creek Drive and Grizzle Road near Kingston Court.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$5,000Multiple trees down along Kellie Bridge Road between Cowart Road and Love Lady Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$5,000Emergency manager reported multiple trees down in the west-central portion of the county.
August 2013Flash FloodHubbardsville$5,000Dawson County officials reported Yellow Creek was out of it banks and flowing over the bridge on Holcomb Road. A portion of Holcomb Road was closed.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$2,000The Dawson County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a transformer sparking a brush fire on Kelly Bridge Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$1,000Trees down on Helens Drive near Kelly Bridge Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville$1,000The Dawson County 911 Center reported two downed power lines along Cowart Road.
April 2025HailHubbardsville-Em reports golf ball sized hail at the dawson and pickens county line.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHubbardsville-M89.5 mph wind gust recorded at Crystal Falls Golf Club via a county EMA owned Davis 6410. Tree damage in the vicinity reflects low end EF1 equivalent straight line wind damage.

Every storm recorded in Dawson 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
Barrettsville4.6 miles22
Silver City6.8 miles19
Dawsonville7.4 miles18
Juno8.0 miles19
McKee8.3 miles19
Dougherty9.2 miles18
Afton9.4 miles20
Emma9.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351321. 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.