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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.

Mars Hill Crossroads within Forsyth County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

209 since 1992

Regional 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 burning102
Arson/incendiarism38
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking11
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-003
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forsyth County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cumming QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Faver MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mary Thomas PropertyMagnesitePast Producer
Unnamed Ocher DepositIronOccurrence
Waltz & Bates MinesMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Forsyth County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010LightningMars Hill Crossroads3 hurtThe 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 2014LightningMars Hill Crossroads$10,000The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported lightning struck 10 individual residences resulting in 4 structure fires.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMars Hill Crossroads$5,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindMars Hill Crossroads$4,000The 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 2017Thunderstorm WindMars Hill Crossroads$4,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindMars Hill Crossroads$3,000The public reported trees blown down from Devonshire Way southwest of Cumming to Mainsail Drive on Lake Lanier.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMars Hill Crossroads$1,000The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported two trees blown down resulting in downed power lines.
April 2025HailMars Hill Crossroads-Golf ball size hail reported on ga 400 near exit 13.
April 2025HailMars Hill Crossroads-Quarter sized hail reported near summit overlook way.

Every storm recorded in Forsyth 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
The Polo Fields2.1 miles21
Big Creek3.0 miles21
Drew3.8 miles21
Brookwood4.4 miles21
Cumming4.6 miles21
Pirkle Woods5.8 miles21
Ducktown6.7 miles21
Dunn6.7 miles21

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 CrossroadsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65083075The 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.