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Tucker, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tucker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30084. The Survey maps it on the Stone Mountain quadrangle. 37,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Tucker within DeKalb County

Population over time

2 figures

Tucker grew from 27,581 to 37,005 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
201027,581
202037,005+9,424 (+34%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1992 and 2007, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tucker in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009HailTucker$2,000,000The public observed penny-sized hail in the Tucker area and penny to golf ball-sized hail in the Stone Mountain area. Radar data suggests that large hail likely fell from Tucker to Stone Mountain and points just to the east.
May 2002LightningTucker$25,000The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning struck a home starting a fire in the upstairs bedroom. The bedroom sustained fire damage, while both the bedroom and other areas of the home sustained water damage. Although the owner of the home was present at the time of the incident, no injuries or deaths were reported.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindTucker$20,000Numerous reports of estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph or greater, along with many downed trees were reported by the public from Tucker, to Stone Mountain, to Lithonia. The majority of the downed trees occurred in the Stone Mountain area, where the Atlanta Journal and Constitution also reported that a shed was picked up and tossed about by the strong winds. Some of the trees came down on homes, causing mostly minor damage.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTucker$15,000A local utility company and the public reported numerous trees and power lines blown down on Midvale Forest Drive, Prestwick Drive and Churchwell Lane in Tucker.
August 2013Flash FloodTucker$15,000The DeKalb County emergency manager reported the South Fork Peachtree Creek came out of its banks and caused minor flooding near Orion Drive and Lawrenceville Highway. The same creek also flooded portions of Medlock Park and athletic fields with up to 3 feet of water. Three homes on Scott Circle near the creek had flood waters enter their crawl spaces. A portion of Snapfinger Creek came out of its banks and flooded a home on Rowland Road with around one inch of water. The stage height at a USGS stream gage on Stone Mountain Creek at Silver Hill Road reached flood stage of 9 feet. The creek crest at 9.1 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and residential yards along the creek.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTucker$2,000Several trees were knocked down in the Tucker, Decatur, and Lithonia areas.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindTucker$2,000no account filed
September 2014Flash FloodTucker$1,000The public reported portions of Stone Mountain Creek near Stone Mountain came out of its banks and caused minor flooding of some residential backyards. Some drainage ditches overflowed portions of a few roads.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTucker$1,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that two power lines were down on Briarcliff Road.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindTucker$1,000There were 2 public reports of trees blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTucker-Trees and powerlines downed on roadway in the Winding Woods neighborhood off of LaVista Rd.
December 2021Flash FloodTucker-The Public reported flooding of an apartment complex parking lot off Northlake Parkway. Radar estimates indicate that between 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, on top of 2 to 4 inches that occurred the 24-hours before. These rainfall amounts, falling on saturated soils, increased runoff and resulted in the flash flooding.
June 2014HailTucker-The public reported quarter-sized hail in Tucker.
July 2013HailTucker-The public reported quarter sized hail.
February 2005HailTucker-The public reported nickel-sized hail.
April 2005HailTucker-The public reported penny-sized hail in Tucker near the Gwinnett County line.
June 2003HailTucker-The public reported penny-sized hail in Tucker near Interstate 285 and LaVista Road.
May 2001HailTucker-The public reported dime size hail in Tucker and an amateur radio operator reported dime size hail on U. S. Highway 78 at Park Place east of Stone Mountain.
January 2000HailTucker-A couple of reports from the public indicated hail a little smaller than golf balls fell in and near Tucker.
May 2000HailTucker-The public reported dime size hail in Tucker and the Peachford Road area in Dunwoody. The hail covered a patio at the Peachford Hospital.
September 2000HailTucker-The De Kalb county 911 center reported dime size hail.
July 2000HailTucker-Numerous reports of hail ranging in size from dimes to quarters were received from the public from Tucker, to Stone Mountain, to Lithonia.
July 1997HailTucker-no account filed
July 1997HailTucker-no account filed
July 1997HailTucker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Sterling Acres1.3 miles24
Mountain Woods1.5 miles24
Pittsburg1.8 miles21
Idlewood Acres2.0 miles24
Habersham2.1 miles21
Patriots Hill2.1 miles24
Montreal2.3 miles24
Wilshire2.4 miles24

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 TuckerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2051179The 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 333270. 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.

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.