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.
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
Solomon and Penelopy Pace Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresVinings 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,734 | |
| 2020 | 12,581 | +2,847 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bolton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | AKERS MILL |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-COBB-001 |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERSFERY |
| 17 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | PALISADES |
| 16 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COBB-001 |
| 29 December 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | INDIAN TRAIL |
| 25 December 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | HO HO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kramper Property | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Alanta Brick & Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No. 7 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stamps Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Vinings | $2,000,000 | Several 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 2003 | Lightning | Vinings | $150,000 | The 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 2002 | Lightning | Vinings | $5,000 | The 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $5,000 | Spotters 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Vinings | $2,000 | Sweetwater 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $1,000 | The local broadcast media reported a large tree blown down onto I-285 between Paces Ferry Road and Cobb Parkway. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $400 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | - | Tree down on powerlines at intersection of Ann Rd and Jay Dr. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Vinings | - | 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Vinings | - | A local news station broadcast a video of water flowing over the roadway near the intersection of Shallowford Rd and Sherbrooke Drive NE. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | - | The broadcast media reported 50 to 60 MPH winds in Vinings. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Vinings | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Smyrna. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Vinings | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vinings | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Vinings | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Riverwood | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Postwoods | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Woodmere | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cumberland Hill | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cumberland Bridge | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| McIvor (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Country Park | 1.8 miles | 23 |
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 Vinings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1368346 | 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 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.











