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Shannon, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shannon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It lies near Ward Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Shannon quadrangle. 1,919 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Shannon within Floyd County

Population over time

2 figures

Shannon grew from 1,862 to 1,919 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,862
20201,919+57 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

471 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of Shannon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,311 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 166 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 burning223
Arson/incendiarism166
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural8
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-005
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-006
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism63 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Shannon: 27 past producers, 23 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese. 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
NannieManganeseOccurrence1919
Sherman PropertyManganesePast Producer1895
Armstrong MineAluminumPast Producer
Braden ProspectAluminumProspect
Burney MineAluminumPast Producer
Church MineAluminumPast Producer
Discovery MineAluminumPast Producer
Flowery Branch MineAluminumPast Producer
Grier ProspectAluminumProspect
Hardee MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shannon in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Thunderstorm WindShannon$150,000The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Georgia Highway 53 in the Shannon area of northeast Floyd county. Eleven structures were damaged and at least 9000 customers were left without power for up to 12 hours or more.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindShannon$10,000The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that 30 to 40 trees were blown down in the Shannon area.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindShannon$5,000The Rome county 911 center reported that numerous trees were blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindShannon$2,000The public reported that a possible microburst or downburst uprooted eight to nine large pine trees in the area near Georgia Highway 53 and Ward Mountain Road.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindShannon$1,000The Floyd county 911 center reported that two trees were down on Hermitage Road on the southeast side of Shannon.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindShannon$250The Floyd County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down. Street flooding was also reported in the area because of drainage problems during heavy rain.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindShannon-Report of powerlines down at Fire Tower Rd and east Hermitage Rd.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindShannon-Report of tree down across roadway at New Hermitage Rd and East Hermitage Rd.
April 2016HailShannon-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Shannon.
April 2006HailShannon-Reports of penny-sized hail were received across much of eastern Floyd county. An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail in Rome, while the public reported penny-sized hail in Shannon in the northeast part of the county and near Lindale in the southeast part of the county.
May 2006HailShannon-The public reported penny-sized hail in Shannon and southeast of Shannon near the intersection of Georgia Highway 53 and Ward Mountain Road.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Waters Store (historical)0.8 miles19
Hermitage0.8 miles19
Pinson1.9 miles19
Nannie2.3 miles19
Woodcliffe Estates3.1 miles19
Warren3.6 miles17
Berwin3.7 miles19
Green Acre4.1 miles18

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 ShannonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1853753The 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 333013. 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.