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Molena, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Concord-Molena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30258. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gay quadrangle. 392 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Molena within Pike County

On record in Molena

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Molena fell from 475 to 392 between 2000 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
2000475
2010368-107 (-23%)
2020392+24 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Molena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 burning130
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 1996Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism122 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PIKE-005
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Molena: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Flat Shoals ProspectGraniteOccurrence
Molina Sand Co--Lawrence MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molena in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2006HailMolena$400,000The public reported golf ball to softball-sized hail in the southwest part of Pike county near Molena. This hail was caused by a different thunderstorm from the one that spawned the F3 tornado in northern Pike southeast of Hollenville earlier. The thunderstorm that caused the large hail in southwest and south central Pike county was a separate supercell thunderstorm moving east across the southern part of the county.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMolena$20,000The Pike County Emergency Manager reported wind damage to the roof of a gas station at the intersection of Highway 18 and Jones Street as well as the canopy over the gasoline pumps. A vehicle was damaged by the debris, but no injuries were reported.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMolena$10,000The public reported numerous trees and power lines down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMolena$5,000An amateur radio operator reported that trees and power lines were down in downtown Molena at the intersection of Georgia Highways 109 and 18.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMolena$2,000The Pike County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Reams Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a downed tree on Old Zebulon Road near Highway 109.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000A tree was downed on Sands Road .
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000Report of tree down along Grubb St.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000Report of tree down along Grubb St.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000The Pike County 911 center reported a tree blown down along Highway 109 east of Molena.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000The Pike County 911 Center reported that a few trees were blown down between Molena and Concord.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000The Zebulon Newspaper reported that a few trees and several tree limbs were blown down across the county when a line of thunderstorms moved through the county from southwest to northeast. A couple of roads were blocked by downed trees.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMolena$1,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMolena$500The Pike County 911 center reported a large tree limb blown down blocking the roadway on Hill Street in Molena.
November 2025HailMolena-Public report and photo of quarter size hail in Molena, ga.
March 2023Flash FloodMolena-Law Enforcement reported flooding and closure of New Road due to high water on a small creek. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2023Flash FloodMolena-The Emergency Manager reported Daniel Road closed due to flooding from Rocky Ford Branch. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2010HailMolena-An amateur radio operator observed penny-sized hail in the far southwest corner of the county near the Upson county line, south of Molena.
March 2005HailMolena-A relative of a postal worker at the Woodbury Post Office in Meriwether county reported "pecan-sized" hail while on a job in Molena.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Barker1.6 miles9
Lawrences Mill2.0 miles12
Neal2.8 miles9
Concord6.4 miles9
Lifsey6.9 miles9
Hilltop7.2 miles9
Pedenville7.7 miles9
Bottoms7.9 miles9

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 MolenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2510979The 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 318384. 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.