Waco, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30182. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle. 536 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWaco grew from 516 to 536 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 | 516 | |
| 2020 | 536 | +20 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
376 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 376 fires within 5 miles of Waco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,097 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 149 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 | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 149 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-007 |
| 9 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARALSON-007 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARALSON008 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CARROLL-007 |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-004 |
| 30 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARALSON-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Waco: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Iron, Aluminum, Iron-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Crew Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Reeds Mountain Mine | Sulfur, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Reeds Mt. Mine | Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waco in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waco | $25,000 | The broad cast media reported a wall was blown in at a store in Bremen. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waco | $20,000 | The Haralson County Emergency Management Director reported that a barn located on Old Pleasant Hill Road was moved off its foundation by thunderstorm wind gusts. He noted that 66 support posts on the structure were pulled out of the ground. Several trees were also down in the vicinity. The public measured wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waco | $1,000 | Tree reported down on pinewood ln . |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waco | $1,000 | Report of tree down along HWY 78 in the town of Waco, GA. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Waco | - | Quarter-sized hail reported in Waco area. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Waco | - | The public reported hail from dime size up to golf ball size. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bremen | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Crossing | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| West Bremen | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tabernacle | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tallapoosa | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Morgan | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Buchanan | 6.9 miles | 16 |
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 Waco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2001478 | 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 333338. 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.








