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New England, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30757. It stands on Sims Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.

New England within Dade County

On record in New England

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 083/00201/X/00372N, Spanning Lookout Creek on County Road 201, New England, Dade County, GA
Georgia DOT Bridge No. 083/00201/X/00372N, Spanning Lookout Creek on County Road 201, New England, Dade County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

616 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 616 fires within 5 miles of New England between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,084 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 193 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 burning317
Arson/incendiarism193
Equipment and vehicle use37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony17
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Natural3

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
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DADE-018
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-DADE-003
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-011
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New England: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

15 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New England in 15 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
March 2017Thunderstorm WindNew England$7,000The Georgia Department of Transportation reported multiple trees blown down blocking all lanes of I-59 around mile marker 17.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNew England$5,000Multiple trees down along 700 block of dugan loop in dade county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000A tree fell across the 600 block of slygo road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000A tree fell across the 4000 block of brow road and blocked both lanes.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000A tree was downed on Scenic Hwy near the lookout Mountain Flight Park.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000A tree was reported down on Hales Gap Rd at Murphy Hollow Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000Tree down along Murphey Hollow Road near Ferndale Branch Creek.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew England$1,000Report of tree down at Harris Rd near Reeves Rd.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindNew England$250The Dade County 911 Center reported a tree down on I-59 near mile marker 13.
February 2022Flash FloodNew England-Runoff from heavy rainfall over the area produced a rise on Lookout Creek near New England (USGS 03568933 / NWS ENGG1). The river rose above Minor Flood stage at 330 AM and crest at 15.71 ft at 1030 AM before beginning to fall. Radar estimates indicate that between 2 and 4 inches of rain occurred quickly over the area, and the rapid rise of the creek occurred in under 6 hours.
March 2021Flash FloodNew England-The Emergency Manager reported Murphy Hollow Road was closed near the Georgia state line due to flooding near the confluence of Rattlesnake Creek and Ferndale Branch / Murphy Hollow Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rainfall occurred over the area, causing the creeks to rise quickly.
March 2021FloodNew England-WRCB in Chattanooga reported flooding of Creek Road along Lookout Creek, resulting in the closure of the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches occurred over the area, causing the rise in the creek. According to the gage at ENGG1 / USGS 032568933 on Lookout Creek, the river rose to Minor Flood Stage around 8 PM on March 17 and fell below Minor Flood Stage around 7:45 AM on March 19.
July 2019Flash FloodNew England-A trained spotter reported water across Highway 11 in multiple areas between Trenton and Wildwood. Radar estimates indicate that 1.5 to 3 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts, fell over the area over a short period of time. The quickly-accumulating rainfall overwhelmed small creeks and streams, producing flash flooding over the roadway.
July 2019Flash FloodNew England-A report from social media indicated localized flash flooding of Highway 11 near the intersection of New England Road and Maine Avenue. Posted pictures showed running water surrounding a nearby church. Radar estimates indicate that 2-3 inches quickly accumulated over the area, with isolated higher amounts. The nearby river gage on Lookout Creek (ENGG1) experienced minor flooding conditions from 535 PM to 645 PM, cresting at 12.46 feet.
February 2004Heavy RainNew England-The Dade county 911 center reported that heavy rain had caused some minor flooding on two roads, one between New England and Trenton and the other in the city of Trenton.

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Morganville2.3 miles26
Trenton3.1 miles23
West Brow3.6 miles26
Avans3.8 miles25
Gass4.9 miles23
Union5.1 miles23
Wildwood5.2 miles26
Tatum (historical)5.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342351. 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.