BlockMagnet, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30094. The Survey maps it on the Kelleytown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kelleytown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Magnet between 1992 and 2019, burning about 386 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 36 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 | 122 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
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 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ROCKDALE001 |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020NEWTON003 |
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 Magnet: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Bell Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnet in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Hail | Magnet | $1,000,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in southern Rockdale county near Magnet. |
| May 2003 | Lightning | Magnet | $50,000 | The public reported that a house was struck by lightning and set on fire. Damage estimates were indeterminate. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $12,000 | The Rockdale County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $10,000 | The Rockdale County 911 Center reported numerous trees down across the county with most concentrated area around Bailey Road and State Road 212. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $8,000 | The Rockdale County 911 center reported trees blown down on Cedar Brook Drive SE, Lost Valley Trail SE, McCalla Road, and Pine Knoll Lane NE. |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Magnet | $8,000 | The Rockdale Citizen of Conyers reported that lightning struck a home on Georgia Highway 20 entering the house via metallic water and gas lines. A portion of the floor of the home was damaged. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Magnet | $5,000 | A survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF2 tornado, which originally touched down in northeast Clayton county and then tracked across northern Henry county, continued into southern Rockdale county and then into western Newton county before finally lifting. The tornado entered Rockdale county just north of Union Springs and tracked east-southeast toward the city of Magnet on the Newton county line. The tornado weakened to an EF0 as it entered Henry county and continued as an EF0 across Rockdale and Newton. Damage was confined to an intermittent tree and power line damage along the tornado track, much of which occurred along or near Georgia Highway 212 and Oglesby Bridge Road where from 10 to 20 trees were down. No structural damage was reported from this tornado within Rockdale county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $3,000 | Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down along Oglesby Bridge Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $1,000 | Tree down at the intersection of Oglesby Bridge Rd and hwy 212 SW. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnet | - | Numerous trees down from Honey Creek Road Southeast to Scott Highway between Troup Smith Rd SE and McDonough Highway. Several trees fell onto homes in the area. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Magnet | - | Amateur radio operators relayed reports of nickel to quarter-sized hail in the Conyers area. Radar data and reports from Henry county suggest that hail of similar size fell from the southwest to the northeast part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velta | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Honey Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fountain Hill (historical) | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Blossom (historical) | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Orleans (historical) | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Richardson | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Conyers | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Milstead | 8.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332305. 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.