Lavonia, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lavonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30553. The Survey maps it on the Lavonia quadrangle. 2,143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
On record in Lavonia
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 12 of 28 shown
Cheek Houselisted 1983
Keese Houselisted 1983
Lavonia Carnegie Librarylisted 1983
Lavonia Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1983
Lavonia Roller Milllisted 1983
Yow Houselisted 1983- Adams Houselisted 1983
- Beasley Houselisted 1983
- Burton Houselisted 1983
- Cannon-McDaniel Houselisted 1983
- Cason Houselisted 1983
- Crawford-Shirley Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresLavonia fell from 2,156 to 2,143 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,156 | |
| 2020 | 2,143 | -13 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
270 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Lavonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 415 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 | 162 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FRANKLIN-006 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019FRANKLIN001 |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN007 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-012 |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-FRANKLIN-002 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-010 |
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 Lavonia: 1 occurrence, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Deposits | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Weldon Mine | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lavonia in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $10,000 | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down in the Lavonia area, with one tree down on house. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $10,000 | A tree was blown onto a house, while several other trees were blown across roads. A few powerlines were also blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Tugaloo State Park and in the city of Lavonia. One tree fell on a vehicle. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $1,000 | Three trees were blown down and a carport was damaged. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $500 | A few large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage in the Gumlog community. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Gumlog and Tugaloo State Park areas. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Gumlog community. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | County comms reported multiple trees down, especially along Poplar Springs Rd in the extreme northeast part of the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the area near Gerrard Rd and highway 328. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Two trees were blown down on highway 328 in the northeast corner of the county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree was blown down on Rainbow Dr in Lavonia. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Numerous trees were blown down in extreme northern Franklin County. Affected roads incldued Laurel Circle and Mountain View Rd. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Hail was reported near the intersection of Hillshore Rd and Lake View Dr. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree blown down on highway 59 in Lavonia, and another down on Clarks Creek Rd. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree was blown down on Clarks Creek Rd and another was blown down on Stone Bridge Rd. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Roof blown off of a shed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Trees down across several roads in and around Lavonia. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Dime-sized hail reported at Interstate 85 exit number 173. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitworth | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gumlog | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Poplar Grove | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Salubrity (historical) | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Parhams | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Vandiver | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Red Hill | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Lavonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2794607 | 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 316687. 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.





