BlockPendergrass, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the West Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30567. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendergrass quadrangle. 1,692 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPendergrass grew from 422 to 1,692 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 422 | |
| 2020 | 1,692 | +1,270 (+301%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pendergrass quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Pendergrass between 1992 and 2017, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-005 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-003 |
| 16 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pendergrass in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $250,000 | The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that one home in the county had major damage and another minor damage when trees fell on the structures. Roofs were also damaged on three businesses, one at the Tanger II Outlet Mall on the Banks county line, one at a convenience store in Dry Pond, and another in Maysville. A number of trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county, including one which fell on a vehicle in Commerce. A number of signs were also damaged from strong thunderstorms winds. Power was out in much of the northern part of the county for several hours. |
| January 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $75,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage across mainly the north part of the county from Pendergrass to Commerce. In the north part of the county at 36 Banks Road, just of U.S. Highway 441, a tree fell on a house causing significant damage to the structure. The residents of the home were temporarily displaced because of the damage. In Pendergrass, a chicken house and nearby rental property were damaged. Some water was reported on roads in the Nicholson area from Gum Creek, but no flooding was reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $75,000 | The Jackson county Deputy Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst or microburst had caused considerable damage in the city of Pendergrass. The City Hall and an adjacent temporary garage sustained significant damage, as well as a nearby vehicle. Numerous trees and several power lines were also blown down in the area and power outages were widespread throughout the city for several hours. In Jefferson, the public reported that the roof was blown off a Wendy's restaurant and several trees were blown down as well. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $25,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that at least seven trees were down across the northern portion of the county from near Pendergrass to Commerce. Trees were reported down along Lanier Road, South Apple Valley Road, Georgia Highway 60, Georgia Highway 335, Kingsbridge Road, and near the Jefferson First Baptist Church. One tree fell on a home in the Commerce area causing moderate damage to the structure. In addition, damage was also reported to the porch of a home on Harp Street in the Commerce. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $7,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down from Pendergrass to Jefferson and Arcade. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $3,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that several power lines were down across the western part of the county. One tree was also down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $3,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $2,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that a number of trees were down in the vicinity of Lanier and Mountain Creek Church Roads in the western part of the county. In addition, pea-sized hail was observed in Jefferson. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendergrass | $1,000 | Em reports tree down blocking sr11 at concord rd. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Pendergrass | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail just south of Commerce and penny-sized hail in Nicholson. The Jackson County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail two miles east-south-east of Pendergrass. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pendergrass | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talmo | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Holders | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pond Fork (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Thurmack | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Goochville | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ednaville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Holly Springs | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Pendergrass | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2791408 | 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 320353. 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.
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.