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Union City, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fairburn-Union City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30291. The Survey maps it on the Fairburn quadrangle. 26,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.

Union City within Fulton County

Population over time

2 figures

Union City grew from 19,456 to 26,830 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
201019,456
202026,830+7,374 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Union City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 384 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning37
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
23 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Natural27 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH002
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FULTON SOUTH-001
14 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Union City: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Oak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scott Development QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union City in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2003Thunderstorm WindUnion City1 hurt, $150,000The Union City police department reported that numerous large trees and a number of power lines were blown down in the city. In three instances, the trees fell on homes causing significant damage to the structures. One person was injured in one of the homes as the tree fell on the house. Three other structures sustained roof damage from wind alone. In addition, two billboards near Interstate-85 were damaged by the wind.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindUnion City$500,000The Fulton county 911 center, local county and city officials, and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that strong winds knocked down numerous large trees causing damage to automobiles and homes. At least eight homes were damaged significantly as large trees fell through the roofs and one car was demolished as a large pine tree fell through the roof. Dozens of trees, some 50 feet or higher, were toppled along with nearby power lines. Most of the damage occurred along Feldwood Road in south Fulton County.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindUnion City$4,000The Fulton County 911 center reported large tree limbs and power lines blown down in the 7000 block of Goodson Road.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindUnion City$2,000The Fulton County 911 center reported that ten trees were blown down on Flat Shoals Road in Union City.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindUnion City$1,000A large tree was downed alongside i-85 sb just before the fayetteville rd overpass.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindUnion City$1,000Tree down on i-85 sb at Jonesboro Road .
July 2008LightningUnion City$500The Union City Police Department reported that lightning struck and set a tree on fire behind a mobile home in the 7000 block of Goodson Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindUnion City$500The Union City police department reported that three trees had been blown down in the area.
July 2005Flash FloodUnion City$500The public reported that a small stream was overflowing Georgia Highway 279 or Old National Highway just south of Flat Shoals Road. The estimated water depth in the area was one foot. The stream flows east from here into Camp Creek near Riverdale in Clayton county.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindUnion City$500Thunderstorm winds broke off large limbs, which knocked down power lines.
March 2008HailUnion City-An amateur radio operator observed quarter-sized hail in the Union City area with yet another thunderstorm cell that tracked across southern Fulton county.
May 2003HailUnion City-The Union City police department reported penny-sized hail.
June 2001HailUnion City-The Fulton County 911 center reported dime to nickel size hail in Union City.
May 2000Funnel CloudUnion City-The Union City Police reported a funnel cloud near Feldwood Road moving to the northeast.
June 1999HailUnion City-The public reported dime size hail.
February 1998HailUnion City-Numerous reports of dime size hail were received from all across Fulton county.
August 1998HailUnion City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Shannon Villas0.0 miles19
Shannon Glen0.2 miles19
Stonewall0.8 miles19
Brandon Hill0.8 miles19
Mallory Estates0.9 miles19
Shandra Estates1.0 miles19
South Fulton1.1 miles19
Muir Woods1.1 miles19

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 Union CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261692The 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 333305. 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.