Pumpkin, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It stands on Weaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Yorkville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
409 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,591 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 140 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 | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 140 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pumpkin: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sulfur, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Bob Mine | Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1860, 1920 | |
| Poole Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Rush-Banks Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Yorkville Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| No Name | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Schofield Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pumpkin in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $20,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down from around Dallas into the northeastern corner of the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down across Monroe Cole Rd near Cole Lake Rd. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $5,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across Cole Lake Road and onto power lines near the intersection with Monroe Cole Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $5,000 | The public reported that well over a dozen trees were snapped off approximately 15 feet above the ground or uprooted in eastern and southeast Paulding county. Most of the downed or damaged trees were in the Morningside Drive, Morris Road, South Lake Drive, Harper's Lake Drive, and Cleburne Parkway areas. Public estimated that the damage was the result of a thunderstorm downburst. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $2,000 | Tree down on powerline and caught fire at Willow Springs Rd and MT Olivet Rd. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | $1,000 | A tree and power lines down in the road near Cole Lake Rd and Happy Valley Church Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkin | - | Emergency manager reported a tree on a house along Lane Cemetary Road. |
| November 2018 | Flash Flood | Pumpkin | - | Emergency Manager reported multiple roads closed across the county, largely due to small creeks overrunning their banks. These roads included but were not limited to McPherson Church Road, near McPherson Loop, Mount Moriah Road at Highway 61, Benson Creek Road, and the intersection of Spring Road and Wayside Lane. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts, occurred during this time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Creek Farms | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| McPherson | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hanlin | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Plantation Estates | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Piney Woods Manor | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Scoggins Ridge | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Springs | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Trace | 2.7 miles | 17 |
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 Pumpkin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65040686 | 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 1730671. 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.









