Toomsboro, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Toomsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31090. It stands on Edmonds Branch. The Survey maps it on the Toomsboro quadrangle. 383 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 233 feet above sea level.
On record in Toomsboro
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
- Ball's Ferry Bridge, State Route 57 Spanning the Oconee River (Irwinton-Wrightsville Road), Toomsborofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Jackson House, Georgia Highway 112, Toomsborofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
3 figuresToomsboro fell from 622 to 383 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 622 | |
| 2010 | 472 | -150 (-24%) |
| 2020 | 383 | -89 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1916 USGS Irwinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Irwinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Toomsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Toomsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WILKINSON009 |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WILKINSON007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Toomsboro: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Prospect 4 | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Prim Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Shepherd Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Cannon Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Cason Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Cason Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Freeman Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Nadine Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Old Dupont Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toomsboro in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | 1 killed | A Macon television news station reported that a 12 year old boy was killed while camping when a large branch was blown out of the top of a tree landing on the tent where the boy and his family were fishing. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Toomsboro | $30,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado briefly touched down in east central Wilkinson County near the intersections of Poplar Springs Church Road, Highway 112 and Club Drive. A single-wide trailer was shifted off its foundation with two people at home at the time. No injuries were reported. Another trailer had some loss of shingles and a collapsed carport. There were also nearby trees snapped. [04/03/17: Tornado #24, County #1/1, EF-1, Wilkinson, 2017:056]. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $20,000 | Ham radio operators reported a tree on a house east of Toombsboro, as well as several additional trees down on Highway 57 near the Washington County line. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $8,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 center reported multiple trees and power lines blown down near Toomsboro. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $6,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around the intersection of Highway 57 and Branan Road southwest of Toomsboro to around the intersection of Club Road and Beaver Dam Road and around the intersection of Highway 112 and Old Balls Ferry Road south of Toomsboro. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $5,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $4,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported several trees blown down on Sheppard Street near the intersection of Highway 112 and Highway 57 in Toomsboro. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $4,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported trees blown down along Highway 57 east of Toomsboro. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $3,000 | Amateur radio operators relayed reports of numerous trees down in the Toomsboro area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $2,500 | The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported numerous trees down in Toomsboro. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $1,000 | The Wilkinson County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Old Balls Ferry Road near Highway 112. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Toomsboro | $1,000 | The gage on the Oconee river at Oconee along the Washington/Wilkinson county line crested around 18.0 feet at 2 am EST December 14th. The river remained above the flood stage of 17.0 feet from mid-morning on December 13th until late afternoon on December 15th. At this stage, minor flooding of low land agricultural areas near the river occurs, as well as along the boat ramp near Georgia Highway 57. Damage was limited to minor debris cleanup. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $1,000 | The Wilkinson County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down in the Toomsboro area. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Toomsboro | $500 | Flooding was observed along the Oconee River at Oconee for several days. The river gage along the Washington/Wilkinson county line near the city of Oconee reached flood stage at 703 pm EST on March 2nd and remained above flood stage until 355 pm EST on March 7th. The river crested at 21.3 feet on March 4th at 400 am EST. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toomsboro | $500 | The Wilkinson County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Toomsboro | - | Half dollar sized hail reported at the Dollar General in Toomsboro. |
| November 2018 | Flash Flood | Toomsboro | - | Emergency Manager reported water over C.T. Lord Highway, between Day Road and Highway 112. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rainfall occurred over the area. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Toomsboro | - | The U.S. Post Office in Toomsboro relayed a report of penny size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Hill | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wriley | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Irwinton | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| McIntyre | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Youngblood Corners (historical) | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Edgars | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dedrich | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Carmel (historical) | 8.8 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 Toomsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2438825 | 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 324226. 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.







