Mars Hill Crossroads, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Big Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30040. It stands on Cheatam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cumming quadrangle.
On record in Mars Hill Crossroads
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Fowler Family Farmlisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Mars Hill Crossroads between 1992 and 2018, burning about 298 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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 | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FORSYTH-003 |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mars Hill Crossroads: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Faver Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Mary Thomas Property | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Ocher Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Waltz & Bates Mines | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mars Hill Crossroads in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Lightning | Mars Hill Crossroads | 3 hurt | The Forsyth County News reported that three male teenagers were struck and injured by lightning just off Jot-Em-Down Road northeast of Cumming. The teenagers had just finished riding motorcycles off-road when the incident occurred. One of the teenagers, a 14-year old, was hospitalized as a result of the injuries sustained. |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Mars Hill Crossroads | $10,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported lightning struck 10 individual residences resulting in 4 structure fires. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mars Hill Crossroads | $5,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Francis Circle near Milton, on Briarwood Trail and on Lanier Beach South Road in Cumming, and on Westbrook Road and on Crooked O Trail in Chestatee. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mars Hill Crossroads | $4,000 | The Forsyth County 911 center reported a couple of trees down around Trammel Road south of Buford Highway, and near the intersection of Francis Road and Clark Drive. No evidence of severe winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mars Hill Crossroads | $4,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from around the intersection of Georgia Highway 400 and Highway 141 to Buford Dam Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mars Hill Crossroads | $3,000 | The public reported trees blown down from Devonshire Way southwest of Cumming to Mainsail Drive on Lake Lanier. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mars Hill Crossroads | $1,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported two trees blown down resulting in downed power lines. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Mars Hill Crossroads | - | Golf ball size hail reported on ga 400 near exit 13. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Mars Hill Crossroads | - | Quarter sized hail reported near summit overlook way. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Polo Fields | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Big Creek | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Drew | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Brookwood | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cumming | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pirkle Woods | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Ducktown | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Dunn | 6.7 miles | 21 |
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 Mars Hill Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65083075 | 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 1704997. 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.









