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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.

Pumpkin within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

409 since 1992

Regional 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 burning155
Arson/incendiarism140
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural7
Smoking4

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
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Poole ProspectMicaProspect
Rush-Banks ProspectSulfurProspect
Yorkville MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
No NameGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Schofield MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$20,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down from around Dallas into the northeastern corner of the county.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$5,000Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down across Monroe Cole Rd near Cole Lake Rd.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$5,000The 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 2010Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$5,000The 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 2024Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$2,000Tree down on powerline and caught fire at Willow Springs Rd and MT Olivet Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPumpkin$1,000A tree and power lines down in the road near Cole Lake Rd and Happy Valley Church Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPumpkin-Emergency manager reported a tree on a house along Lane Cemetary Road.
November 2018Flash FloodPumpkin-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.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Little Creek Farms1.0 miles16
McPherson1.4 miles16
Hanlin1.6 miles16
Plantation Estates2.1 miles17
Piney Woods Manor2.2 miles17
Scoggins Ridge2.3 miles16
Rock Springs2.3 miles16
Mountain Trace2.7 miles17

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 PumpkinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65040686The 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.