Little Creek, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallapoosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benedict quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Benedict quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
740 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 740 fires within 5 miles of Little Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,142 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 514 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/incendiarism | 514 |
| Debris and open burning | 164 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-007 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020POLK003 |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-006 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-POLK-025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Little Creek: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esom Hill Area | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Shiloh Church Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T J Woodard Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wray Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Creek in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Little Creek | 1 hurt, $750,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down at approximately 8:09 PM in Haralson County near Cross Roads Church Road and Tallapoosa Highway, uprooting and snapping trees for several miles. The tornado strengthened to an EF-3 along Bethlehem Church Road where a house collapsed and a repair shop was destroyed. One person was injured when the house collapsed into the basement, where he was taking shelter. At that residence, two dogs were killed. A cow died in a nearby field. The tornado continued across Haralson County, crossing Highway 27 where dozens of trees where snapped and uprooted. As the tornado continued east, minor damage was sustained to a church where a steeple was blown off. Hundreds of trees were down in forested areas in the eastern portions of Haralson County. The tornado continued into Paulding County where it lifted near McClure Trail and McClure Drive around 8:50 PM.||[03/02/12: Tornado #1, County #1-2, EF3, Haralson, 2012:005]. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Creek | $10,000 | The Haralson County 911 center reported at least a dozen trees blown down across the northern end of the county, including along Bethlehem Church Road near the Bethlehem Baptist Church. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Little Creek | $2,000 | The Haralson County Emergency Management Director reported flooding from local creeks in the county. Beech Creek was flooding portions of Old Ridgeway Road, five miles northwest of Bremen, and Brooks Creek was flooding portions of Frances-White Road, seven miles northeast of Buchanan. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal adjacent to the creeks. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Creek | $1,000 | The emergency manager relayed a report of a tree down near tallapoosa highway, north of steadman road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugdown | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Steadman | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Felton | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Poplar Springs | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Abernathys Mill | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Latham (historical) | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Buchanan | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tabernacle | 8.9 miles | 16 |
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 Little Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65082056 | 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 350645. 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.







