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Vinings, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Vinings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30339. It lies near Mount Wilkinson. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle. 12,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

Vinings within Cobb County

On record in Vinings

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Vinings grew from 9,734 to 12,581 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
20109,734
202012,581+2,847 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Vinings between 1993 and 2019, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaAKERS MILL
26 July 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-COBB-001
17 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPOWERSFERY
17 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPALISADES
16 February 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COBB-001
29 December 2016Natural3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaINDIAN TRAIL
25 December 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaHO HO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vinings: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sulfur. 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
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Kramper PropertySulfurPast Producer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cobb County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vinings in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 2009HailVinings$2,000,000Several reports of penny, quarter, and golf ball-sized hail received from the Smyrna and Vinings area in eastern Cobb county. This was the second of four severe thunderstorms to impact Cobb county during the evening of April 23rd.
April 2003LightningVinings$150,000The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning struck a two-story home near Vinings. The roof caught fire and the roof and second floor suffered major damage.
August 2002LightningVinings$5,000The Vinings Neighbor newspaper reported that lightning struck an AT&T Broadband switching station, knocking out cable for more than half the county for over an hour and the counties government television station for more than 2 hours.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindVinings$5,000Spotters measured a wind gust to 55 knots and reported power lines and a tree down. The public reported 5 inch diameter limbs were blown down.
July 1997Flash FloodVinings$2,000Sweetwater Creek was over its banks in several areas. A car was entirely submerged by water on Barrett Parkway and Interstate 575 after the driver attempted to drive into a large puddle. Twelve people from two families had to be evacuated from their duplex apartment due to minor flooding in Kennesaw.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindVinings$1,000The local broadcast media reported a large tree blown down onto I-285 between Paces Ferry Road and Cobb Parkway.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindVinings$400no account filed
January 2023Thunderstorm WindVinings-Tree down on powerlines at intersection of Ann Rd and Jay Dr.
February 2020Flash FloodVinings-A social media report indicated water from Rottenwood Creek was flowing over Rottenwood Creek trail. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
April 2017Flash FloodVinings-A local news station broadcast a video of water flowing over the roadway near the intersection of Shallowford Rd and Sherbrooke Drive NE.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindVinings-The broadcast media reported 50 to 60 MPH winds in Vinings.
June 2012HailVinings-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Smyrna.
January 2006HailVinings-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 1998HailVinings-no account filed
April 1996HailVinings-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cobb 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
Stonewall0.8 miles23
Riverwood0.8 miles23
Postwoods1.0 miles23
Woodmere1.1 miles23
Cumberland Hill1.1 miles23
Cumberland Bridge1.4 miles23
McIvor (historical)1.7 miles23
Country Park1.8 miles23

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 ViningsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1368346The 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 356615. 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.