Snellville, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30078. It stands on Snellville Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle. 20,573 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.

Snellville within Gwinnett County

On record in Snellville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Benjamin Holmes Farm, 1458 Dogwood Road, Snellvillefederal building survey, 11 photographs
Benjamin Holmes Farm, Smokehouse, 1458 Dogwood Road, Snellvillefederal building survey, 2 photographs

Population over time

2 figures

Snellville grew from 18,242 to 20,573 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	18,242
2020	20,573	+2,331 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

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 Snellville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Benjamin Holmes Farm, Smokehouse, 1458 Dogwood Road, Snellville, Gwinnett County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Benjamin Holmes Farm, 1458 Dogwood Road, Snellville, Gwinnett County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Snellville between 1992 and 2013, burning about 250 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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	36
Debris and open burning	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Recreation and ceremony	9
Smoking	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	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
2 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1997	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002
22 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2000	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-GWINNETT-005
2 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	6.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snellville in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 9 lightning, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2003	Lightning	Snellville	1 killed	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a 27-year old male was struck by lightning while mowing a lawn. The thunderstorm was not directly over the location at the time, but was nearby in Lawrenceville. The young man was pronounced dead on arrival at a local medical center.
September 2000	Lightning	Snellville	$275,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck and set on fire an upscale two-story home on the Gwinnett County golf course in Snellville. The house was completely destroyed by the fire. The heat from the fire wilted sections of siding on two neighboring homes. The home was unoccupied at the time of the incident, so no injuries were reported.
June 2007	Lightning	Snellville	$150,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck the dryer vent of a home on Round Stone Drive. Minor damage resulted to the vent and exterior wall. Lightning also struck another home on Estes Park Drive. The lightning struck the roof peak and started a fire in the attic.
June 2015	Lightning	Snellville	$100,000	An Atlanta television news station reported significant damage to a home on Timberloch Court in Snellville due to a fire initiated by a lightning strike.
September 2007	Lightning	Snellville	$50,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck the attic of a home on Tribble Gates Court within the Gwinnett county portion of Loganville. Damage was minor to moderate.
August 2005	Lightning	Snellville	$50,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a vacant apartment building setting the structure on fire. The fire was confined to one unit of the two story building.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$50,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds thoughout county with Snellville hardest hit.
August 2002	Lightning	Snellville	$30,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a two-story home near the Norton Elementary school. The home was destroyed by the fire, displacing thirteen children and four adults.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$25,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down and damage to a roof across southwest Gwinnett County between Snellville and Lilburn.
May 2001	Lightning	Snellville	$25,000	The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that lightning struck and ignited a fire at a home in extreme southeast Gwinnett county near the Walton county border and the town of Loganville.
June 2002	Lightning	Snellville	$10,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home resulting in minor damage to the attic. Although the residents were home at the time, no injuries were reported. However, one firefighter was injured by falling debris and two others were injured when they fell through the ceiling.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$4,000	The Emergency Manager reported a few trees and power lines down between Lilburn and Loganville, specifically along Pucketts Drive, Skyland Drive, Five Forks Trickum Road and Old Loganville Road.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$4,000	The Gwinnett County 911 Center reported that at least two to three power lines were blown down or knocked down by trees in the Snellville and Lawrenceville areas. Several trees were also down in the Lawrenceville area.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$3,000	The Gwinnett County 911 Center and the public reported that more than a half-a-dozen trees were either down or snapped half-way-up between Snellville and Lawrenceville.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$3,000	The Gwinnett county 911 center reported that numerous trees had been blown down.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$3,000	The public reported trees down on Interstate 85 and Georgia Highway 63 near Snellville.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$2,000	The Gwinnett county Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down on Clipper Street and five trees were down on Harbor Oaks Drive.
December 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	A tree was downed at the intersection of Stone Mountain Hwy at Georgia Lane.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	Powerlines down at the intersection of Pate Rd and Skyland Drive.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	Tree down along Abiline Trail .
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	The Emergency Manager reported power lines down at Millbrook Drive and Oak Road.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	The Gwinnett County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were down in the far southern part of the county near the Rockdale county line.
December 2004	Heavy Rain	Snellville	$1,000	The public reported that heavy rain had flooded the basement of a home just south of Snellville.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds snapped several telephone lines.
December 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	$500	The public reported that a couple of trees were blown down at a private residence.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Snellville	-	The Emergency Manager reported a tree fell on top of a structure on Colony Oaks Drive.
June 2011	Hail	Snellville	-	The public observed penny-sized hail.
July 2008	Hail	Snellville	-	The public observed nickel-sized hail on Beaver Road in extreme southern Gwinnett county near the Walton county line, west of Loganville.
September 2008	Hail	Snellville	-	The public observed some quarter-sized hail in the extreme southern part of Gwinnett county near Loganville and the Walton county line. Most of the hail, however, was pea-sized.
June 2007	Hail	Snellville	-	The public observed penny-sized hail.
February 2005	Hail	Snellville	-	The coordinator for the Gwinnett County SkyWarn reported golf ball-sized hail five miles southwest of Snellville near the intersection of Georgia Highway 29 and Pleasant Hill Road. The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail in Snellville and another storm spotter reported quarter-sized hail in Centerville.
May 2004	Heavy Rain	Snellville	-	The Gwinnett county Skywarn coordinator reported that heavy rain had caused a mudslide at a construction site along Georgia Highway 124. Water up to 3 feet was flowing over the road at the site. The road had to be closed to prevent vehicles from driving into the high water.
March 2003	Heavy Rain	Snellville	-	The public reported that some streets were flooded because of very heavy rain. In excess of three inches of rain fell across much of the county between midnight and 3 am.
May 2003	Heavy Rain	Snellville	-	An amateur radio operator reported that very heavy rain had resulted in some minor street flooding on Ronald Reagan Parkway.
August 2003	Hail	Snellville	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
April 2002	Funnel Cloud	Snellville	-	At least two reports were received from a storm spotter and a public service radio station of funnel clouds in the Snellville area. This was consistent with rotation indicated on the WSR-88D Doppler radar at this time. This storm was a supercell, right mover type storm.
June 2001	Hail	Snellville	-	The public reported dime size hail.
June 2001	Hail	Snellville	-	The public reported dime size hail.
June 2000	Hail	Snellville	-	The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
June 2000	Hail	Snellville	-	The public reported half-dollar size hail.
May 1999	Hail	Snellville	-	A public report indicated hail ranging from pea size up to golf ball size lasted for 8 minutes.
July 1999	Hail	Snellville	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Snellville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Snellville	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Snellville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gwinnett 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
Williams Place	0.9 miles	22
Abington Park	1.1 miles	16
Saddle Club Estates	1.3 miles	16
Gwinnstone	1.5 miles	22
Walkers Park	1.7 miles	16
Brookwood Manor	1.8 miles	21
Country Square	1.9 miles	22
Falcon Ridge	2.0 miles	16

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 Snellville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1639930	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 334004. 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.

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.