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Mableton, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mableton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30126. The Survey maps it on the Mableton quadrangle. 40,834 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.

Mableton within Cobb County

On record in Mableton

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mableton grew from 37,115 to 40,834 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
201037,115
202040,834+3,719 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Mableton between 1992 and 2016, burning about 186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
16 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mableton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stamps Mine No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Sandy Creek MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mableton in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMableton$250,000Sight survey by an NWS employee showed a downburst or straightline winds caused damage in southern Cobb county. Damage was first noted on Allen Road where new homes under construction were damaged as the wind collapsed the framing. Roofs were pretty much intact but were lying on the ground. About 4 other homes were heavily damaged. Another house was moved a foot or 2 off its foundation but was still intact. Numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted along a path to the northeast from Lakeshore Drive to near Bankhead highway, but they were all laying in the same direction. Most damage to homes was due to falling trees.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMableton$30,000WSB Television of Atlanta and the public reported that up to 50 trees and dozens of power lines were down across the county, especially the eastern portion. Damage was quite significant in the Smyrna area, where several roads were blocked form downed trees, including major roads such as South Cobb Drive and Cumberland Parkway. A 19-year male resident of Mableton was killed following the storms when a large tree fell on him while trying to clean up another tree that had fallen during the storms.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMableton$25,000The broadcast media reported that a tree fell on a house on Claxton Court.
May 2017LightningMableton$10,000The Cobb County 911 center reported a house fire caused by a lightning strike near the intersection of Megcole Way and Graham Court.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMableton$5,000An amateur radio operator reported trees and traffic lights blown down at Veterans Memorial Highway and South Gordon Road.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindMableton$4,000The Cobb County 911 Center reported that several trees, at least six, were down across the east central part of the county near Smyrna and Marietta. Power outages were also noted in the Powder Springs area in the southwest part of the county.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMableton$2,000Public reported a tree down on a powerline on Brannon Drive.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMableton$1,500The public reported that several large oak trees were either uprooted or blown over near Smyrna along Derby Lane. A possible microburst was suspected.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMableton$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Center St SW and Daniel St in Mableton.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindMableton$1,000no account filed
April 2011HailMableton-An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter-sized hail just south of Smyrna. Several reports of penny to quarter-sized hail were received from the public across eastern Cobb county near Marietta. The public reported that hail, some as large as quarters, fell east of Marietta near the Fulton county line for up to 10 minutes. The hail completely covered the ground at several locations.
September 2010HailMableton-Several reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the southeast and east central parts of Cobb county from just northwest of Mableton to just east of Smyrna. Quarter-sized hail was observed near Mableton and Smyrna, with penny-sized hail just east of Smyrna.
April 2009HailMableton-The public observed penny-sized hail in extreme southern Cobb county near Six Flags.
May 2009HailMableton-The public observed nickel-sized hail near Marietta.
April 2009HailMableton-The public observed penny-sized hail in the Mableton, Floyd, and Dunn Hills area.
April 2009HailMableton-The public observed quarter to 1.50 inch diameter-sized hail in the far southeast corner of the county from just north and west of Mableton to around Six Flags. This thunderstorm was the same thunderstorm that earlier produced hail in southwest Cobb county near Powder Springs.
June 2009HailMableton-The public observed penny-sized hail near Six Flags and the Fulton county line, or about eight miles west to west-northwest of Atlanta.
August 2006HailMableton-The public observed penny-sized hail.
September 2006HailMableton-The public reported nickel-sized hail.
July 2003HailMableton-The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail in Mableton and Smyrna, with nickel-sized hail west of Smyrna.
May 1999HailMableton-Several public reports indicated dime to quarter size hall fell across Cobb county.
May 1999HailMableton-The public reported quarter to as big as golfball size hail.
July 1999HailMableton-Cobb county 911 reported nickel size hail.
June 1998HailMableton-The public reported dime to quarter size hail at 2 different locations.
September 1997HailMableton-Dime to nickel sized hail was reported by the public.
April 1995HailMableton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cobb 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
Dunn Hill0.7 miles19
Lakeside0.8 miles19
La Bama0.9 miles19
Boulder Vista1.2 miles19
Mount Pisgah Estates1.3 miles19
Leland1.3 miles19
James Acres1.4 miles19
Gordon Acres1.4 miles19

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 MabletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2656942The 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 332295. 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.