Toccoa Falls, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Toccoa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30577. It stands on Dead Man Branch. The Survey maps it on the Toccoa quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 2017Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Toccoa Falls between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,291 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 84 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 | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HABERSHAM001 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020STEPHENS001 |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3 |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Toccoa Falls: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Toccoa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toccoa Falls in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Toccoa Falls | $4,500,000 | Severe flash flooding affected Stephens County. Numerous creeks left their banks in the central and western part of the county, including Toccoa Creek which flooded highway 17. Portions of highway 441 and 123 were also closed. At least 300 homes in the county suffered flood damage. Uninsured property losses were estimated to be over 2 million dollars, and damage to roads and water lines was estimated to be around 3 million. A 20 foot section of Dick's Hill Parkway, the major road between Toccoa and Cornelia, was washed away. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toccoa Falls | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down throughout Stephens County. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toccoa Falls | - | DOT reported multiple trees blown down in the Toccoa area. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toccoa Falls | - | Spotter reported multiple trees blown down along Black Mountain Rd. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Toccoa Falls | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail on Black Mountain Rd. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toccoa Falls | - | County comms reported numerous trees blown down throughout Stephens County. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toccoa Falls | - | More than a dozen trees were blown down at a golf course off Black Mountain Rd. Some power lines were also blown down and houses had shingles removed in the same area. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Toccoa Falls | - | The very heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding early in the day ended by early afternoon. However, periods of moderate to heavy rain caused flooding to persist across the Toccoa area through the afternoon. New flooding also developed along the Broad River. Large sections of Yearwood St and highway 123 to the southwest of Toccoa were washed out during this time. The heavy rain also washed out some water lines, causing 5000 customers to lose water service. A sewage spill also occurred.17.63 inches of rain was reported in Toccoa for the period from the 18th-22nd. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Toccoa Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toccoa | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fowlertown | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ayersville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Boydville | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Carnes Creek | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hayes Crossing | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Jarrett | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fighting Pine | 6.3 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136151018 | 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 333241. 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.






