BlockShady Dale, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Shady Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31085. The Survey maps it on the Shady Dale quadrangle. 252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresShady Dale grew from 242 to 252 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 242 | |
| 2010 | 249 | +7 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 252 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shady Dale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Shady Dale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 691 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 121 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shady Dale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Dale in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Shady Dale | $125,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City confirmed that yet a second EF1 tornado touched down in Jasper county, just a little less than an hour before the first one. This tornado tracked across northern Jasper county, touching down approximately nine miles west-northwest of Shady Dale and ending about two miles northwest of Shady Dale. The tornado was estimated to have a maximum path width of 1/4 mile with estimated winds of 100 mph. Damage began along Shepard Road in northwest Jasper county and continued to near Tucker Town Road, two miles northwest of Shady Dale. Major damage was observed to a small cottage in the northeast part of the county, with minor damage observed to five other homes along the path of the tornado. More than 100 trees were down along the path of the tornado. This tornado developed from the same thunderstorm that just prior had spawned a tornado in southern Newton county. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Shady Dale | $100,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home on Georgia Highway 142 and set it on fire. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $3,000 | The Jasper County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and a few power lines were down in the area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down in Shady Dale in northern Jasper county and just south of Monticello at Felton McMichael Road. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Shady Dale | $2,000 | A Jasper County Sheriff's Deputy reported flooding of a portion of Georgia Highway 83 at the East Main Street intersection in Shady Dale. Roadside ditches overflowed onto the highway in front of a general store. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $2,000 | The Jasper county 911 center reported that lots of trees were blown down, some onto local roads. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $1,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the northeast part of the county near Shady Dale. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $1,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that four trees were down near Shady Dale. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $1,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down on Georgia Highway 83 near Shady Dale. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $500 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down. Funnel clouds were also sighted in the area. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Dale | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees near Rock Eagle Road and Highway 142, and at Highway 87. Lightning started yard fires. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Shady Dale | $250 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that lightning set a tree on fire. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Shady Dale | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail approximately five miles south of Shady Dale in far east central Jasper county. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Shady Dale | - | The public reported golf ball-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Shady Dale | - | The Jasper county 911 center reported half-dollar size 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.
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 Shady Dale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2914317 | 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 329643. 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.