BlockSnapfinger, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30034. It stands on Panthers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle. It stands 279 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Snapfinger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 321 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021HENRY001 |
| 17 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DEKALB001 |
| 12 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 Snapfinger: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Georgia Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snapfinger in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Lightning | Snapfinger | $20,000 | The DeKalb County 911 center reported a house fire caused by lightning on Christian Springs Court. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Snapfinger | $10,000 | WSB Television of Atlanta reported that lightning started a fire at a daycare center on Hillandale Drive near Panola Road. The lightning struck an adjacent tree and jumped to the building through some cables. No one was in the building at the time. Damage to the facility was minor. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $5,000 | Reports of powerlines down along the 4000 block of Wolverton Drive. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $5,000 | Power lines down at the 4000 block of Randolph Macon Court. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Snapfinger | $5,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported a lightning strike to a home on Radcliffe Boulevard. No specific details were provided regarding details. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $5,000 | The De Kalb county 911 center reported trees and power lines down in the extreme southern part of the county near the Clayton county line. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $3,000 | The public reported damage to two sides of a privacy fence and one tree down on Kingsbrook Road near Decatur. The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that one power line was down on Newcastle Road in Lithonia. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near the intersection of rock springs road and timor trail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $1,000 | Tree down across road at intersection of Magnolia Path and Oakleaf Cove. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $1,000 | Tree down across road at intersection of Dogwood Farm Rd and Lehigh Blvd. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | $1,000 | Tree down on Timor Trail at the intersection of Timor Terrace. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Snapfinger | - | An EF0 spun up in southeast Dekalb County within a line of storms moving through the region at 6:10 AM EDT on March 16, 2026. The tornado first touched down near the Snapfinger community in a wooded region west of Tarragon Dr. The tornado uprooted a tree onto a home along Tarragon drive trapping a teenager in the second floor bedroom. As the tornado continued east, leaf debris and limbs were observed until the tornado crossed Highway 155 and Highway 212 where a couple trees were snapped near the intersection of 212 and Framingham Dr. The tornado then crossed into the Valley Oaks neighborhood where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, |including two onto homes in the neighborhood along Gracehill Road and Oak Run Dr. Both homeowners were home when the trees crashed in, including one narrowly missing them while in the bed. The tornado continued east snapping trees along Valley Oaks Road and along Salem road near the intersection of Panola Road. A tree was downed along Miles E Fowler Pkwy and roof damage was observed to a home on Salem |Springs Pl. A small tree was snapped on Walnut Ct before the tornado lifted as it crossed Salem road near the intersection of Hunters Pace Dr. Damage along the entirety of the path of this tornado was intermittent suggesting that the tornado was |consistently regenerating along the path. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | - | Broadcast media reports a tree down on a home along tarragon drive. No injuries. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snapfinger | - | Emergency manager reported powerlines down near the intersection of Panola Rd and Rock Springs Rd. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Snapfinger | - | The public observed penny to nickle-sized hail in the far southern part of DeKalb county between Arabia Mountain and areas southwest of Snapfinger. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowcreek | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Salem West | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Benton Harbor | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dogwood Forest | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Chapel Hill | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Woodstream | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Stonehenge | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Kings Row | 0.9 miles | 23 |
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 Snapfinger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7547303 | 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 333078. 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.