Lebanon, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Holly Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30115. It stands on Little River. The Survey maps it on the South Canton quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1907 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Canton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS South Canton quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS South Canton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
414 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 414 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1992 and 2017, burning about 795 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 104 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 | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 104 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 64 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CHEROKEE-003 |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 19 past producers, 16 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell-Star Mine | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Dean Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Delay Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Hause Mines | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| J B Wheeler Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J D Hillhouse Mines | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| J V Ledford Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| M M Cole Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| R M Reece Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Wacaster Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lebanon | 4 hurt, $46,000,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Interstate-575 and Sixes Road and traveled on the ground approximately 5-6 miles ending near the intersection of Georgia Highway 92 and Wigley Road. The maximum path width of the tornado was approximately one mile wide with maximum winds estimated to be 95 mph. The Falton Lakes Mobile Home Park sustained significant damage with substantial damage to many site-built homes also observed in the East Cherokee Drive Area.||Overall damage consisted of 60 destroyed homes, 35 of which were site-built and 25 were mobile. Twenty-five additional mobile homes sustained minor damage. In addition to the 35 destroyed site-built homes, 391 additional homes sustained major damage and 588 sustained minor damage. Ten multi-family homes also received minor damage. Minor damage occurred to ten commercial buildings. Four school district buildings sustained major damage as well as 16 mobile school instructional units. Hundreds of trees were down in the area and many power lines were down as well. One indirect death to a 24-year old male and an indirect injury to a female occurred on May 29th when two very large trees fell on two vehicles. These trees were weakened from the tornado that occurred on May 20th. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Lebanon | $30,000 | The Cherokee County Emergency manager reported a house fire caused by lightning on Sterling Brook Lane near Holly Springs. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Lebanon | $30,000 | The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported a house fire caused by lightning on Walnut Circle near Woodstock. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | $3,000 | Damage to an outdoor structure. The roof of a baseball dugout was blown off at the ball fields on Main St. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | $1,000 | Tree down along Marble Quarry Rd and Crestmont Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Mill Creek Crossing | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Holly Springs | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Little River North | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Southern Oaks | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Breeze Hill Estates | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Cardinal Woods | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Little River South | 2.5 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 Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6511026 | 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 316711. 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.












