Kelleytown, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McDonough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30252. It stands on Little Cotton Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelleytown quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kelleytown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Kelleytown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ROCKDALE001 |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020NEWTON003 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HENRY-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kelleytown: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Bell Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Maddox Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelleytown in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelleytown | $70,000 | Several trees uprooted and snapped along hwy20 near mountain laurel drive. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelleytown | $3,000 | Em reports several trees down near and along conyers rd, harper rd and airline rd. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelleytown | $250 | A National Weather Service employee reported a large oak tree down along Georgia Highway 20 northeast of McDonough. |
| December 2014 | Heavy Rain | Kelleytown | - | COCORAHS observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.41 inches. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kelleytown | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Whitehouse | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Millers Mill | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Brannan | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Brownwood | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Woodhaven Estates | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Highland Village | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Valley Estates | 5.6 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kelleytown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11110040 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332137. 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.








