Tiger, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tiger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30576. It lies near Bee Branch Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Tiger quadrangle. 422 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,962 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTiger grew from 408 to 422 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 | 408 | |
| 2020 | 422 | +14 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tiger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Tiger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,374 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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 | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1998 | Natural | 16 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | GLASSY |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-RABUN-001 |
| 17 September 2000 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MOUNTAIN GROVE |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RHONDA |
| 5 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | GASTON |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SAGA MTN |
| 11 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LEAD TREE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tiger: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| J.G. Welborn | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Screamer Mt. | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiger in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage along Joe Davis Rd. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | Public reported (via Social Media) trees blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down off the Tiger (441) Connector. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the Tiger area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | Numerous trees were blown down along highway 76 between Clayton and Tiger. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | Several trees blown down on Bridgecreek Rd in the Tiger area. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Tiger | - | Hail in Tiger and Clayton. Hail covered the ground in Clayton. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tiger | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Tiger | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Falls | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Clayton | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Burton Junction (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Wiley | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Burton (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Germany | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Lakemont | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Blalock | 5.3 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 Tiger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2049015 | 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 333232. 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.






