Whistleville, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30680. The Survey maps it on the Bold Springs quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Whistleville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 40 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GWINNETT NORTH-001 |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BARROW-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whistleville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whistleville in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whistleville | $12,000 | The Barrow County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown from north of Winder to near Statham. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whistleville | $10,000 | The Barrow County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down from Northwest of Winder to Statham. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whistleville | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across Bill Rutledge Road near Matthews School Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whistleville | $1,000 | The Barrow County 911 center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 53 and Rockwell Church Road. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Whistleville | - | The Emergency Manager reported that Cedar Creek was out of its banks, flowing over Rockwell Church Road and Moon's Bridge Road. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 5 inches occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Barrow Heights | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Hill | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Auburn | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Winder | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Russell | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Algernon (historical) | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mulberry | 5.0 miles | 15 |
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 Whistleville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28950239 | 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 333408. 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.







