Lakemont, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tiger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30552. It stands on Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiger quadrangle. It stands 1,611 feet above sea level.
On record in Lakemont
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
- Pine Tree Tea Roomlisted 2025
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
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tiger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Lakemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 6 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-RABUN-001 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | COMMUNITY LANE |
| 23 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | Y CAMP |
| 5 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | GASTON |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SAGA MTN |
| 24 July 2008 | Natural | 92 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | KING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakemont in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flood | Lakemont | $1,000 | Emergency management reported flooding developed along Tiger Creek after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across southern Rabun County in around 24 hours, with about half of that falling between midnight and sunrise on the 7th. A few roads were inundated and closed, including Old Highway 441, Shady Ln, and Brandon Mill Rd. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | County comms reported a tree blown down along Seed Lake and another tree down near Lake Burton. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | County comms reported trees were blown down on power lines and blocking the road on Lake Rabun Rd. Another tree was down on Brandon Mill Rd. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lakemont | - | Emergency manager reported quarter size hail in the Lakemont area. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Lakemont | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | County comms reported trees blown down along Highway 15 near Tallulah Gorge. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | Spotter reported numerous trees blown down and blocking the road on Long Laurel Ridge Dr. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down on Connector Rd. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lakemont | - | Quarter size hail was reported by the Tallulah Falls post office, which is on the Rabun County side of the line. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | Trees and power lines were blown down between Lakemont and Tallulah Falls. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakemont | - | Several trees and power lines blown down. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lakemont | - | Hail was reported near Tallulah Falls. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lakemont | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Lakemont | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Lakemont | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lakemont | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lakemont | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lakemont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Burton Junction (historical) | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Tiger | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Laurel Falls | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Burton (historical) | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Clayton | 6.7 miles | 24 | |
| Germany | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Blalock | 9.2 miles | 23 |
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 Lakemont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986722 | 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 356348. 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.
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.






