Talmo, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the West Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30575. It stands on Banigan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pendergrass quadrangle. 257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
On record in Talmo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Talmo Historic Districtlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresTalmo grew from 180 to 257 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 | 180 | |
| 2020 | 257 | +77 (+43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pendergrass quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Talmo between 1992 and 2017, burning about 371 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 33 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-003 |
| 25 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HALL-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Talmo: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hall County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talmo in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Hail | Talmo | $370,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in northern Jefferson county. Radar data suggests that hail of similar size likely fell across areas from Talmo to just north of Jefferson. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | $35,000 | A storm spotter reported that a chicken house was destroyed from a thunderstorm downburst or microburst in the Talmo area. One tree was down about halfway between Jefferson and Nicholson, and another tree fell on a vehicle on Georgia Highway 11, Winder-Jefferson Highway near the Barrow county line. No injuries were reported from this incident. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | $5,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from Thistlewood Drive in Talmo to Hog Mountain Road east of Pendergrass. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | $2,500 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down county wide. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | $1,000 | The Jackson county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talmo | - | The public reported a wind gust of 61 MPH measured on a home weather station on Mountain Creek Church Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pond Fork (historical) | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Thurmack | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pendergrass | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Goochville | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ednaville | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Holly Springs | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Holders | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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 Talmo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3019078 | 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 323901. 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.




