North Elberton, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Elberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. It stands on Carters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rock Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of North Elberton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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 | 140 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-ELBERT-002 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | 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
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of North Elberton: 8 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mrs. Clem Kelley Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Childs Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Harper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Adams Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Beaver Dam Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Coronet Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Hedquist Pink Quarry Keystone Gr | Granite | Producer | ||
| Peerless Extra Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pyramid Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Elberton in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flood | North Elberton | $10,000 | Flood waters from Beaverdam Creek covered portions of the Red Minnow Fish Lodge, located off of Brewers Bridge Road. Some mobile homes were flooded in this area as well. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | North Elberton | $5,000 | A stream gauge on Beaverdam Creek north of Elberton exceeded its established flood stage after 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in around 12 hours. At this level, a couple of unpaved roads are inundated in the Dewy Rose community and the crawl space of a restaurant is flooded on Brewers Bridge Rd. In addition, county comms reported a tributary of Van Creek overflowed its banks and inundated Amberley Rd in the northeast part of the county. |
| May 2025 | Hail | North Elberton | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | North Elberton | - | Ham radio operator reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Highways 368 and 77. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Elberton | - | County comms reported trees blown down along Cecchini and Brewers Bridge Rd power lines down along Harmony Rd and more trees down along Anderson Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elberton | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Silk Mills | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clarks Junction | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ethridge | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Goss | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ruckersville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Middleton | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560164 | 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 332515. 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.





