Shoal Creek, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bowersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30553. It stands on Caney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lavonia quadrangle.

Shoal Creek within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Shoal Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 453 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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	122
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Smoking	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
9 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020HART001
5 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019FRANKLIN001
26 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2001	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-HART-002
19 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-HART-002
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-HART-004
15 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-HART-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart 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 Shoal Creek: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown, Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Unknown, Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Hartwell Quarry & Mill	Mica	Plant	1919
Highway Deposits	Mica	Occurrence
Lon Allen Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Unnamed Mica Prospects	Mica	Occurrence
Waterhole Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoal Creek in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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
February 2020	Flash Flood	Shoal Creek	$100,000	EM reported flash flooding developed across Hart County after up to 5.5 inches of rain fell across the county in around 24 hours, with much of that falling during the morning of the 6th. Numerous roads reportedly had water flowing of them due to a combination of poor drainage and small stream flooding, with around three dozen roads reportedly closed at the height of the event. Around a half dozen roads were washed out, including Deer Run Lane, Wisteria Cove Estate, Alexander Ray Road, Hill Road, and Jud Cole Road. Flood water infiltrated two homes, with one resident being evacuated.
February 2020	Flood	Shoal Creek	$25,000	Although heavy rain tapered off across Hart County throughout the afternoon of the 6th, runoff from the day's excessive rainfall resulted in high water conditions persisting, with many roads remaining closed through the evening hours.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Shoal Creek	-	County comms reported trees blown down in the Shoal Creek community.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Shoal Creek	-	County comms reported trees blown down on Junction 77 Rd, on Highway 77, and on Highway 51.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Shoal Creek	-	County comms reported multiple trees blown down on Parkertown Rd.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Shoal Creek	-	County comms reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down across Hart County.
April 2009	Hail	Shoal Creek	-	Hail reported on I-85.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Shoal Creek	-	Sheriff's department reported trees and power lines down.

Every storm recorded in Hart 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Parkertown Mill	1.1 miles	15
Parkertown	1.3 miles	15
Maretts	2.8 miles	14
Cross Roads	3.6 miles	15
Mount Olivet	3.8 miles	14
Bowersville	5.3 miles	14
Reed Creek	5.8 miles	14
Flat Shoals	6.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333040. 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.