BlockLovejoy, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Jonesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30228. The Survey maps it on the Hampton quadrangle. 10,122 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Lovejoy
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
Crawford-Dorsey House and Cemeterylisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresLovejoy grew from 6,422 to 10,122 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 | 6,422 | |
| 2020 | 10,122 | +3,700 (+58%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Lovejoy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 566 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 62 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HENRY-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HENRY-009 |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lovejoy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovejoy in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Lovejoy | $1,500,000 | This tornado is a continuation of the F2 tornado that began near the Atlanta Motor Speedway just west of Hampton in Henry county, then continued north-northwest passing just east of Lovejoy in Clayton county, then across the Edgar Blalock Raw Water Reservation, at which point it turned northwest and finally entered Clayton county just west of the Edgar Blalock Raw Water Reservation. The tornado traveled approximately one mile to the north-northwest in Clayton county, finally lifting near Jodeco Road southeast of Lake Spivey. The tornado had weakened and narrowed by the time it entered Clayton county. However, it was still rated as an F1 with a path width of about 100 yards. The Clayton County Emergency Management Director reported that 50 homes in the Kade Cove subdivision of Lovejoy sustained damage, 20 of which had major structural damage. Many trees and power lines were down in the area. Power was also out to much of the county. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Lovejoy | $5,000 | The Clayton County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home on Riviera Drive in Lovejoy in far southern Clayton county. No specific details regarding damages were provided. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | $2,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that a couple of trees were down on Tara Boulevard at Flicker Road. The downed trees had also brought down a power line at the location. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | $1,500 | The Clayton County 911 Center reported that six trees were blown down along Woolsey Road. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | $1,500 | The Clayton County 911 Center reported that one tree was down at the intersection of Panhandle Road and Woolsey Road near the Fayette county line, a couple of trees were down at the intersection of Tara Boulevard and Old Town Place, and a couple of trees were down at the intersection of Lake Jodeco Road and Camp Road, all in the Jonesboro area. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | $1,000 | Clayton county 911 reported golf ball size hail and trees down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | $500 | The Clayton County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down across Woolsey Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovejoy | - | Trees down across southern Clayton county, blocking roads -- Inman Road and Panhandle Road, Riverdale Road, and East Fayetteville Road. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The public observed hail ranging in size from dimes to near quarters. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | An amateur radio operator observed quarter-sized hail in southern Clayton county between Fayetteville and Hampton, or just west of Lovejoy. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail just west of Lovejoy. One tree was also blown down in the area. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The sheriff's department reported quarter size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The police deparment reported nickel size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | The public reported penny size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | Baseball size hail was reported at Tara Beach. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lovejoy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bonanza | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Orrs | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Iron Gate | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Creek | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Chase | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Irondale | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| The Springs | 4.4 miles | 11 |
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 Lovejoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2323830 | 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 317440. 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.