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Sugar Hill, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Buford-Sugar Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Suwanee quadrangle. 25,076 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.

Sugar Hill within Gwinnett County

Population over time

2 figures

Sugar Hill grew from 18,522 to 25,076 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
201018,522
202025,076+6,554 (+35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Hill between 1992 and 2015, burning about 293 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3

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
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-005
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GWINNETT-003
19 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-HALL-001
23 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Hill: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Atlantic Steel/ Cartersville, Ga.IronProducer
Chattahoochee River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Level Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Settles PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Gwinnett County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Hill in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 6 injuries. 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
June 2004LightningSugar Hill3 killed, 6 hurt, $50,000Several Atlanta news media television stations, along with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that three individuals were killed and six were injured at Buford Dam State Park at the south end of Lake Lanier when lightning strikes hit one or more trees under which the individuals were seeking refuge during a strong thunderstorm. The individuals were standing under a tree-lined parkway connecting a parking lot to a beach at the park. Two males, ages 20 and 29, and one female, age 44, were instantly killed by the lightning strike. Six others with the group were injured. The incident occurred at 318 pm EDT. This was not the only lightning related incident in the county, however. Four homes in the county were struck by lightning and set on fire. The fires were contained quickly and damage was minimal.
February 2005HailSugar Hill$3,940,000Numerous reports of large hail, ranging in size from pennies to golf balls, were received from the public in the Buford, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, and Dacula areas. Penny to golf ball-sized hail was reported in Suwanee, quarter to golf ball-sized hail in Buford, quarter-sized hail in Sugar Hill, and quarter-sized hail in Dacula.
April 2009HailSugar Hill$2,000,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the Sugar Hill and Lake Lanier/Buford Dam areas and penny to nickel-sized hail in the far northeast part of the county in the Chateau Elan area.
September 2009Flash FloodSugar Hill$630,000The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that several roads were flooded in the Lawrenceville area from flooded creeks and streams as flooding from repeated thunderstorms with heavy rain began to expand into the southeastern portion of the county. The USGS stream gage along the Alcovy River just southeast of Lawrenceville reached its flood stage of 9 feet at 823 am EDT. Monetary damage to roads in this portion of the county was estimated to exceed $600,000 during this time frame.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$100,000The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northwest side of the county from Buford to Lilburn. Trees were blown down onto at least three homes and one vehicle. No injuries were reported.
August 2000LightningSugar Hill$25,000The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that lightning set a house on fire. The damage was confined mainly to the roof of the house.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$10,000The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported two trees blown down along Hillcrest Drive. One tree fell onto a vehicle.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$10,000The public reported a large pine tree snapped and fell damaging the porch of a home along River Island Circle.
May 2013Flash FloodSugar Hill$10,000The USGS stream gage on Level Creek at Suwanee Dam Road near Sugar Hill and Suwanee reached flood stage of 9 feet. The creek crest at 13 feet. Moderate flooding occurred with the water level hitting the bridge and reaching the bottom of the USGS gage house. Also the USGS stream gage on Richland Creek at Suwanee Dam Road near Sugar Hill and Buford reached flood stage of 10 feet. The creek crest at 10.5 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and residential yards along the creeks.
June 2018LightningSugar Hill$5,000The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported a home struck by lightning on Reynolds Place.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$1,000Tree down near the intersection of Buford Dr and Gravel Springs Rd.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$1,000A tree was downed on Kimberly Beth Pl at Emerald Pkwy.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$1,000The public reported a portion of a large tree snapped into three pieces near the intersection of Suwanee Dam Road and Price Drive.
July 2018LightningSugar Hill$1,000The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported a house struck by lightning on Blue Cedar Drive.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$500The public reported that thunderstorm winds blew down one large tree and a couple of small trees.
April 2025HailSugar Hill-Quarter sized hail reported near drake street and swimming pool road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill-A tree was downed onto a structure on Suwanee Mill Dr.
July 2018HailSugar Hill-The public reported quarter size hail at the Buford Dam Park.
May 1998HailSugar Hill-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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hickory Hills0.8 miles20
Frontier Forest1.1 miles20
Sugar Ridge1.2 miles20
Old Suwanee Estates1.5 miles20
Carrols Crossing1.8 miles20
Buford1.8 miles20
North Pointe2.1 miles20
Northwest Harbor2.3 miles21

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 Sugar HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960986The 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 333152. 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.