Marblehill, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30143. It stands on Darnell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nelson quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1926 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
344 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Marblehill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,724 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 111 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 | 149 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PICKENS-017 |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PICKENS-016 |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CHEROKEE-004 |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PICKENS-013 |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PICKENS-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Marblehill: 16 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 producers, 5 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Burty No.1 | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Charcoal Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| North Georgia Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Richards | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| A.M.Darnell Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Grady Holbert Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Grady Holbert Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| W.J. Hogan Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W.J. Hogan Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marblehill in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehill | $25,000 | The Pickens and Cherokee County Emergency Management Directors report that a strong thunderstorm downburst had downed nearly 100 trees near the Cherokee county, near and just north of Tate. At least nine power poles were also down, including one main power transmission line. Several roads were blocked from downed trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehill | $20,000 | The public reported that two large trees were blown down across their driveway in the Cherokee Hills Subdivision destroying a vehicle. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehill | $1,000 | The emergency manager relayed a report of a tree down 1 mile ne of marble hill. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehill | $1,000 | Large tree down on cove road near Fitts Rd. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehill | $1,000 | Per local emc there was a broken and downed powerline along mcclain mountain rd nw of marblehill georgia. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Marblehill | $150 | The public observed penny-sized hail at a convenience store. The windshield of a car parked at the facility was cracked. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Marblehill | - | Quarter size hail was reported by trained ema spotter in marble hill. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Marblehill | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Old Mill White Road due to high flow through East Branch Long Swamp Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marblehill | - | The Marblehill Post Office reported nickel-sized hail in Marblehill. While the storm weakened somewhat, it continued to produce hail as it moved into Dawson county. Penny-sized hail was reported on Georgia Highway 53 along the Pickens-Dawson county line. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Marblehill | - | 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.
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 Marblehill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65122200 | 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 332315. 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.










