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Lula, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30554. The Survey maps it on the Lula quadrangle. 2,822 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.

Lula within Hall County

On record in Lula

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lula grew from 2,758 to 2,822 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,758
20202,822+64 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Lula between 1992 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-009
15 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BANKS-002
14 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lula: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hall County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lula in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Tornado (F0)Lula$250,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that an F0 tornado touched down about 1 mile south of Lula and traveled a long nearly 11-mile path to the north-northwest, terminating near Mossy Creek in southeast White county. Eight miles of the tornado path occurred within Hall county. The majority of the damage with this tornado also occurred in Hall county, especially along a six-mile path near Lula. Along this path, hundreds of trees and many power lines were blown down and eighteen homes, six of which were mobile homes, sustained minor to moderate damaged. The damage was confirmed by the Hall county Sheriff and the Hall County Emergency Management Director at the time of the incident. The overall tornado path within Hall county was eight miles long and 50 yards wide.
July 2000Tornado (F1)Lula$125,000An NWS Survey team concluded that an F0 to weak F1 tornado touched down briefly about 3 miles south of Lula in extreme northeast Hall county. The tornado was only on the ground very briefly and lifted before crossing into Banks county. It had a width of 50 to 100 yards. Nonetheless, about one dozen homes were damaged with numerous trees and power lines down in the area as well. The tornado was said to have been visible from the Boy Scout Ranch on Highway 60. Debris was observed swirling in the air.
October 2020Flash FloodLula$10,000The Emergency Manager reported Victoria Lane was washed out due to high water conditions on the North Oconee River. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 10 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLula$5,000The Hall County 911 Center reported that more than six trees were down from Lula to Gillsville, several of which were on power lines.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Lula$5,000Emergency management officials reported a short-lived tornado that uprooted several large trees and downed power lines along U.S. Highway 23.
May 2002HailLula$3,000The public reported hail ranging in size from peas, to dimes, to nickels to quarters. The hail fell for up to 10 minutes in spots. Dents were observed in an automobile as a result.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLula$2,000The Hall County 911 center reported a tree down near the intersection of Sims Harris Road and W County Line Road.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLula$2,000The Hall County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down across Georgia Highway 52.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLula$1,000Tree down at whitehall rd between cagle mill rd and harris rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLula$1,000Tree down at the intersection of Lula Rd and Burton Dr.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLula$1,000The public reported dime size hail and trees blown down across a road.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLula$500Hall county 911 reported trees down in Lula. A sheriff's deputy had reported a funnel cloud a few minutes earlier from the same storm.
August 2011HailLula-The public observed nickel-sized hail in and near Lula.
June 2008HailLula-A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail between Lula and Alto in extreme northeast Hall county near the Hall/Banks/Habersham county lines.
April 2007HailLula-The public reported nickel-sized hail on the southwest side of Lula and in Lula in northeast Hall county. Pea-sized hail was reported earlier at 615 pm EDT in Gainesville.
May 2005HailLula-The public observed nickel-sized hail at a Waffle House restaurant.
July 2002HailLula-An amateur radio operator reported nickel to quarter size hail and the public reported nickel size hail.
June 2001HailLula-The Gainesville police department relayed a report of half-dollar size hail.

Every storm recorded in Hall County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bellton0.4 miles15
Belton1.0 miles15
Glades4.5 miles15
Surf Side Club Estates4.5 miles15
Dunagan5.5 miles14
Hidden Acres5.6 miles13
White Sulphur Station (historical)5.7 miles15
White Sulphur5.8 miles15

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 LulaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3260830The 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 332281. 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.