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Newtown, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30022. It stands on Long Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roswell quadrangle.

Newtown within Fulton County

On record in Newtown

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

9 surveys from 22 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Newtown between 1992 and 2016, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaCHAT004217
15 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2007Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1996Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Newtown: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Roswell MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fuller ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
John Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Lizzard LopeGoldProspectPlacer
Mason (Gold)GoldProspectPlacer
McclureGoldProspectPlacer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Seven BranchGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtown in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2019Thunderstorm WindNewtown$10,000The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported an arbor blown over and minor damage to a structure on the southwest side of Lake Windward.
April 2011Flash FloodNewtown$5,000The USGS Stream Gage on Big Creek at Alpharetta (APHG1) reached its flood stage of 7.0 feet at 10:22 pm EDT on April 15, 2011. The creek remained above flood stage at this location until 2:28 pm on April 17, 2011. However, flash flooding was determined to have ended at 422 am on April 17, 2011. Damage was confined to minor debris removal in the vicinity of the flooded creek.
January 2015Flash FloodNewtown$3,000The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Big Creek at Kimball Bridge Road near Alpharetta reached flood stage of 7 feet. The creek crest at 10.5 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and fields along the creek and portions of the Big Creek Greenway.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindNewtown$1,000A tree was downed on kimball bridge road at tuxford drive.
January 2006Flash FloodNewtown$100The National Weather Service river gage on Crooked Creek along the Fulton/Gwinnett county line, or about 4 miles west-northwest of Norcross indicated that the river had exceeded flood stage at 8:35 AM EST and fell below flood stage at 11:45 am EST. No property damage was reported.
January 2006Flash FloodNewtown$100Official National Weather Service river gage readings indicated that Crooked Creek along the Gwinnett/Fulton county line just south-southeast of Newton reached flood stage of 9.0 feet at 108 pm EST, crested at 10.6 feet at 230 pm EST, and then fell below flood stage at 550 pm EST. This creek is in an urbanized area and the area is subject to flash flooding from the creek during periods of heavy rainfall. Rainfall on the order of 2.0 inches or more fell across the area from late morning through mid-afternoon. The ground was already saturated from previous heavy rains in recent weeks. The flooding was basically a nuisance and no damage was reported to any property in the area.
June 2025HailNewtown-Public submitted photo of melted hail stone that appears to be at least an inch in diameter, possibly a bit larger. Location was 1100 block of Seale Dr. in Alpharetta.
July 2021HailNewtown-The public reported hail the size of quarters near the intersection of Tividale Court and Hebden Bridge Lane.
July 2019Flash FloodNewtown-The USGS river gage on Big Creek at Kimball Bridge Road (APHG1) rose above Minor Flood stage as a result of heavy rainfall and excessive runoff in the area. The river rose above flood stage at approximately 100 AM EDT, and fell below flood stage at 1255 AM EDT the following day. Big Creek crest at 9.44 feet at 1130 AM EDT on July 12, 2019.
May 2012HailNewtown-The public reported that pea to quarter sized hail fell in the Alpharetta and Johns Creek area.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Horseshoe Bend2.2 miles21
Lake Villas2.6 miles21
Alpha Park3.3 miles22
Rivergate3.4 miles21
Preston Ridge3.4 miles22
Country Place3.4 miles22
River Bluff3.5 miles21
Riversong3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326419. 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.